1st time white beans tomorrow

I use beef stock, and a tablespoon and a half of Better Than Bouillion Chicken, smoked turkey neck, 3 tablespoons of garlic, Bourque's Hot Smoked Pork Sausage, cayenne pepper, and 3 cups of frozen seasoning blend (onion/bell pepper/celery). If you cover the beans with liquid (I use two bags of beans) and cook on high, you will need to add a little water in an hour and a half to cover the beans again as they will soak it up. Stir around every hour of so and cook for 7 to 8 hours. If you need to thicken it take some beans out and mash them and stir them back in. Also leave lid off for an hour or so to let some of the liquid evaporate. Adjust with salt to taste. Top with fresh green onion and serve with jasmine rice.

ETA; I see you already have ham, yes I used diced ham as well. I just buy this and drop it in with the beans.

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Bourque's Hot Smoked Pork Sausage

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Soak your beans overnight.
I usually don't mess with chicken stock because I use hocks or a leftover ham bone or turkey necks. I figure you get that flavor from hours of simmering meat with a bone.
I also brown my meat and saute the trinity in a pan, then dump them in the crock pot with the beans. (Although if you have one of those fancy crock pots you can saute in, you can skip the step.)
I also use multiple types of meat - hocks/hambone/necks, sausage and pickled pork. A guy at Iverstine's told me he throws in some cheap pork chops in his beans.

Soak overnight.
I use chicken stock for white or red beans.
Smoked pork shank and if not smoked ham hocks.
I don't usually do sausage with white beans because im frying a porkchop or fish to go with it and I want them to be different than my red beans.
Simmer until the meat on the shank or hock is falling off the bone, then pick meat and return to pot and serve.
I smash some beans along the way to make it thicker/creamier.
I usually just season with Tony's and hit it with hot sauce at the table.

Add a slight splash of liquid crab boil for the win!!! Had them at TJ Ribs and got the idea

Throw some peeled shrimp in towards the end. You'll thank me later

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Throw some peeled shrimp in towards the end. You'll thank me later

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I do this with baby Lima beans. It’s an old kind of Savannah thing but I’ve seen it around South Louisiana and my mother made it a lot. Love it.

Great recommendations on the white beans so the only thing I have to add is my old friend - who taught me the fried chicken gumbo - puts a pinch of cinnamon in his white beans and I really like it.


Occasionally I will put some rosemary in them which I also like.

Take pics and report a detailed recipe next time please.