Slow cook Hamhocks with Pinto Beans

A one pound bag of dried beans is too much for just the two of us so I break them in half and make two different things out of them. The first go-round which was the first time I tried making dried beans in my instant pot, was red beans and rice. Don't look, you won't find it here because even though it tasted exceptionally good there were quite a few fails during the process. So I modified the recipe and here is the new one, but we're eating this with bread instead of rice because my wife wanted to, so it has a thinner broth. So give this a try and I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it. If you use a different type of bean, most likely you will need to adjust the cooking time. These small red beans take a lot longer to cook then some other types of dried beans.

Pinto beans done in a crockpot makes an easy meal. It is good ol' comfort food for a cold day. Add some homemade cornbread to sop up all that goodness.

A little Sweet and Spicy...

I was wanting beans and looked in the pantry and had 1 cn vegetarian beans 1 can northern beans and 2 cans pinto. So they all went in the pot to make my pantry beans

Tasty for blended/pureed for stage after gastric surgery - not a lot of protein.

Bean soup with the slightly smoky flavor of ham hocks (smoked pig knuckle). Of course ham could be substituted, I just enjoy the extra richness ham hocks bring. Takes awhile to cook, but it is more, do a little prep, cook for awhile, so you can do other things while this cooks. This has an awesome flavor, and I usually buy a bean mix, well, I like to mix it up a little.So try it, and enjoy.

Had some leftover Ham so I decided to make beans with it.

A sweet start with a bite at the end. You will never eat regular ham and bean soup again!

This bean recipe with ham is a true Southern comfort food. It's bursting with flavor galore of smoked paprika, cumin and cayenne pepper. Nothing like having that tender thick perfection on a slice of buttered bread or having a chunk of cornbread to go with it.

Years of experimenting and finally found the one we like!

My house smells so heavenly right now. The soup is in the final meld stage of cooking. This is an easy workday soup. Put the beans on when you wake up, turn them down when you leave for work, and add the veggies when you get home.

Serve as a main dish or a side. Spice it up by adding chopped/seeded jalapeno peppers as a garnish or incorporate into the cooking process.

A little sweet and spicy. Good with corn bread!!

Easy to make and very delicious! Great for bbqs or parties!

I'm a big fan of slow cooker meals that you can walk away from and come back to at the end of the day. This is not one of them. To do this correctly, you have to monitor your progress, but you're going to love the results.

My mom was from Alabama and she used to make this all the time. It was one of her southern recipes. I like to makes it with fried potatoes and onions too.

You can add more water for more of a soup texture. This is more of a dip

Grew up with beans. Always a crowd pleaser.

Delicious with porkchops! :positive

For the Performance Triad, please use the nutrient & serving size information provided below.Recipe Analysis: (1 serving = 1.5 cups)Per Serving: 244 calories; 27 protein; 9 g fat, 15 g carbs (0.5 carbs: 1 protein)Recipe = 8 servings of vegetables, 0 servings of fruit (1 vegetable per serving, 0 fruit per serving)*This recipe is from Keller Army Community Hospital, Ft. Lee, VA.

I was craving white beans and ham and came across this easy recipe online. It calls for 6 cups of water but the first time I made it I used a box of vegetable stock with two cups of water. This 2nd time, I used low sodium chicken broth and two cups of water.

I like beans but couldn't find a flavor that made me want to eat them for days until that was the only thing we had to eat. So with pinto beans we received from food banks, i set out to make something tasty and filling. This is 100% my own recipe. Let me know what think of it.