Slow Cooker Ham and Beans
Slow cooker ham and beans is a cheap, easy dinner recipe. And it's a frugal way to use up the ham bone after you've cooked a ham.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb dry great northern beans (about 2.5 cups)
- 1 ham bone (or 1 lb. ham pieces)
- 5 cups water
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Sort and rinse beans. In a large bowl (or the slow cooker insert), cover beans with water and soak overnight.
- In the morning, drain beans. Discard the soaking water.
- Add beans, ham bone, water, onion, and garlic to slow cooker.
- Cover. Cook on low 7-8 hours, or high 4 hours.
- Add salt during last hour of cooking time.
- At the end of cooking time, remove ham bone. Allow it to cool, remove meat from the bone, and cut into bite-sized pieces. Stir back into bean mixture.
- Serve with hot corn bread or garlic bread and a side salad.
Notes
You can also use navy beans for this recipe.