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What is your go to pot of beans recipe?

Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:54 pm
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
8589 posts
Posted on 1/8/23 at 1:54 pm
I know it’s hard to mess up a pot of beans but just wanting to stray a little from my go to favorite pot of beans:

1 bag great northern beans soaked overnight
2 hunks of smoked pork neck bones
4 slices bacon
1/2 a yellow onion
1 can rotel
1 tsp fresh minced garlic
Salt/pepper to taste
Add water to cover beans by an inch
Combine all the above at once and throw in crockpot till beans are tender.

Makes a mighty fine pot of beans.

What is your favorite?
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 2:06 pm
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
11823 posts
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

1 can rotel


Hmm
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 2:10 pm
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67079 posts
Posted on 1/8/23 at 11:50 pm to
1/2 pound of kidney beans soaked all day or overnight
1 onion
1 bell pepper
Either a smoked ham hock or leftovers from a spiral ham
2 links of smoked sausage or andouille
A healthy dose of LeBlanc’s seasoning
Dash of Worcestershire
Dash of Louisiana hot sauce

Cook in the crockpot on low for 8hrs and serve over white rice.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25623 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:43 am to
I use Hurst Hambeens 15 Bean Soup but don't make it into a soup but instead thick. I don't usually use the seasoning pack and just add fatback (if we have it instead of bacon) along with onion, bell pepper, garlic, salt, and pepper. AFter the holidays I often have some frozen ham bone and will throw that in if I don't have another plan for it.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
5156 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 7:56 am to
I just made a pot and got no complaints.

Bag of navy beans
Hambone/meat left over from Xmas
Sautéed third of a yellow onion and 3 garlic cloves
Put in crock pot and fill half way with water (out of chicken stock).
Dashes of hot sauce, black pepper and dried thyme.
Cooked on high for 6 hours.
Posted by CherokeeTiger
Member since Jan 2011
610 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:14 am to
I too use the 15 bean soup from Hurst’s. I buy the one that has the Cajun seasoning.

1 bag of beans w/ seasoning
1/2 lb bacon
1 - 2 onions depending on size
Ham hocks or neck bones

Cook the beans with the hocks/necks, then fry the bacon and onion with about an hour left and add to the beans. Usually don’t have to do much in the way of seasoning or thickening when it’s all said and done with as long as you don’t add too much water.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14509 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:23 am to
2 lbs beans soaked overnight
2-3 onions depending on size, cook down onions in bacon grease (sometimes add bellpepper, jalapeno, or celery but onions are the most important)
Leftover hambone with plenty of meat
Add beans and water, covered by ~1in

Salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne, splash of fish sauce, splash of vinegar, bay leaves, smoked paprika

Bring to boil and cook uncovered on medium-low heat (3 or 4 on most stove dials) for about 4 hours. Give it a good stir every 30 minutes or so.


eta: If I'm using a ham bone I don't worry about stock vs water. By leaving the hambone in during the entire cook, you're essentially making ham stock as you cook.

If just using sausage and tasso instead of a hambone, I'll opt for chicken or vegetable stock instead of water.
This post was edited on 1/9/23 at 11:57 am
Posted by MarsellusWallace
504
Member since Apr 2022
376 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:26 am to
1lb of either red kidneys or small white limas
1lb andouille
8oz tasso
one guidry's pre chopped creole mix
few bay leaves
dash of Woosh
dash of tabasco

cube and brown meat
add guidry's mix
add preasoaked beans
fill with water until beans are covered
bring to a boil and simmer until thick.

add tony's/ hot sauce as needed

perfect every time.
Posted by GeauxldMember
Member since Nov 2003
4388 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:49 am to
-2 lbs beans great northerns
-5 qts water
-2 chopped onions
-2 chopped bell peppers
-5 ribs celery
-1 bunch chopped flat leaf parsley
-1 bunch chopped green onion
-2 smoked hocks (Wayne Jacobs)
-1/2 lb skinned, sliced andouille (Wayne Jacobs)
-1/2 lb diced Tasso (Wayne Jacobs)
-3-4 sprigs fresh thyme
-salt (if needed)
-black pepper
-cayenne

1-Soak beans
2-Add hocks to pot with about an inch of water, cover and cook on med for 90 minutes
3-Add beans, Tasso, water, increase to med-high and boil for 60 minutes
4-Add andouille, reduce heat, and cook for 60 minutes
5-Add trinity and half of the fresh thyme and cook for 30-45 minutes until the beans begin to thicken
6-Taste for salt and add as/if needed. Season with black pepper and cayenne to taste. Add parsley, remaining thyme and green onion and cook 30 minutes
Posted by riverdiver
Summerville SC
Member since May 2022
1200 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:32 am to
Any time I make grits or beans I use low salt chicken broth instead of water.

Otherwise agree with the ingredients listed by others.

I was always told not to salt beans at the beginning, if possible to wait until the halfway done point or later.

That’s different from how I normally cook anything else, I season in layers, but with beans I season early with everything except salt.

Don’t know if it matters, just what I’ve always done.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24544 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:37 am to
quote:

1 bag great northern beans soaked overnight
2 hunks of smoked pork neck bones
4 slices bacon
1/2 a yellow onion
1 can rotel
1 tsp fresh minced garlic



this is oddly a very specific recipe. who the hell measures shite for their beans?
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14509 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:54 am to
quote:

I was always told not to salt beans at the beginning, if possible to wait until the halfway done point or later.

Old myth that salt makes the beans take longer to get soft.
Posted by MarsellusWallace
504
Member since Apr 2022
376 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 11:34 am to
I also hate cooking with pork necks because of all the little bone pieces after it breaks down. Much prefer hocks IMHO.
Posted by BhamBlazeDog
Birmingham
Member since Aug 2018
3761 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 1:08 pm to
Was down at the camp this weekend and we sauteed a whole onion in some butter and pinto bean seasoning and then dumped in a big can of Margaret Holmes Cajun Pinto Beans and a bit of Tapatio. No joke, some of the best beans I've had, beer could have had something to do with it too. Gotta love improvising in the woods.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21921 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 1:14 pm to
I like white beans and like them to be creamy and not tinted brown.

2 lbs dry navy beans
1 small white onion diced fine
1 lb pickled pork, cut into 1/2" cubes
4 oz butter
2 tbs salt
1 1/2 tsp white pepper

Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil, add 1/4 cup of salt. Stir around to dissolve salt, take off heat, add your beans to the pot and soak them for 30 minutes. Drain beans, rinse, add fresh water and bring them back to a hard simmer. Add all ingredients except for pork, cook till tender, add pork and cook till creamy.

I used this recipe to cook for probably 10-15 plate lunch benefit dinners and never heard of a complaint.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36610 posts
Posted on 1/9/23 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

I also hate cooking with pork necks because of all the little bone pieces after it breaks down. Much prefer hocks IMHO.



meat is better on the neck IMO but the bones do suck
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