CrockPot Ham & Beans

I love coming home to a hot meal. The CrockPot sees a lot of action during the school year. When it gets cold outside, a hot bowl of ham & beans with cornbread sounds like the perfect dinner. Even better if I don’t have to make it after work. This CrockPot Ham & Beans recipe is my go to recipe. It’s also a great way to use up the leftover ham from the holidays. Check out this super simple ham and beans recipe. 

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Beans Beans the Musical Fruit

This rhyme was one of many things my uncles taught me as a little girl that did not go over well when I later brought them up at the dinner table. Uncles are good for that sort of thing, especially when they grew up being the little brothers. 

My Mama would make a big pot of beans and a pan of cornbread for lunch when I would stay with her and Papa during the day. You could smell it cooking all morning, so by lunchtime you were ready for a bowl. Papa always crumbled up his cornbread and put it in the ham and beans. I wanted to do everything just like Papa, so I did and still do the same thing. I insist on having cornbread in the beans otherwise it just doesn’t taste right.

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Why Soak the Beans Before Making CrockPot Ham & Beans?

Beans contain phytic acid, which hinders digestion. It prevents your body from absorbing all the good stuff from the beans. Soaking the beans gets rid of the phytic acid so that your body can use the good stuff. 

I find the easiest way to soak the beans is in the CrockPot because it means I only have one pot to wash. Start by putting 2 cups of dry beans in the CrockPot with 6 cups of water. Cook them on high for half an hour, then let them soak overnight or up to 24 hours. Now your beans are ready to be prepared into some CrockPot ham & beans.

CrockPot Ham & Beans Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups dry beans

12 cups water

2 cups bone broth

Ham bones

1 pound of ham chunks

¾ cup ketchup

Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Start by soaking the beans. Put 2 cups of dry beans in the CrockPot with 6 cups of water. Cook them on high for half an hour, then let them soak overnight or up to 24 hours.
2. Next rinse the beans and drain the water. 
3. Then it is time to start cooking the beans for real. Put the beans, 6 cups of water, 2 cups of bone broth, the ham ones, about a pound of cooked ham chunks, and ¾ cup ketchup to the CrockPot. 
4. Now cook this on high for 5-6 hours or on low for 8 hours. You will know the CrockPot ham & beans are fully cooked when the beans split open.
5. Next remove the ham bone and add salt.
6. Finally give the pot a good stir and then enjoy your dinner. Don’t forget the cornbread!

Freezing CrockPot Ham & Beans

I have found that freezing the ham and beans in a muffin tin works the best for leftovers. It makes it easy to grab a couple of pucks  to reheat for lunch or dinner. 

For a larger serving, try freezing the ham and beans  in quart plastic bags laid flat in the freezer. 

You can also freeze the cornbread. Just wrap up individually sized pieces in plastic wrap before placing them in a gallon sized plastic  bag. 

Now you can have CrockPot ham and beans and cornbread 

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