Best Northern Beans Recipes

ULTIMATE GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans in cold water overnight. Make sure that there is twice as much water as beans because they will swell up.
• In a large cooking pot, pour in the cooking oil and toss in the smoked jowl pieces. Stir and allow them to sizzle over medium heat for 5 or 6 minutes. After they brown a bit, deglaze the pot with about 4 ounces of the chicken broth.
• Add the onion and allow to simmer until the onion is tender, stirring often.
• Rinse the beans in fresh water a final time and, after draining, add them, plus all the remaining ingredients into the pot. This should include the 48 ounces of water listed in the ingredients.
• Boil, covered, over low heat until beans are tender, stirring occasionally (about 2-3 hours).
• Serve with cornbread, fried potatoes, eggs and biscuits.
• If you wish, you can use chunks of ham or bacon instead of pork jowl.

SAVORY AND SPICY NORTHERN BEANS (QUICK AND EASY!)

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, onion, and red pepper flakes and saute for 2-3 minutes on medium until slightly soft.
• Add the beans, parsley, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Increase heat to medium high and cook for about 4-5 minutes. While they are cooking, mash about half of the beans with a fork until they reach the consistency that you prefer.
• If you would like, you can garnish with some additional olive oil and ground pepper.

CHICKEN AND NORTHERN BEANS WHITE CHILI

Steps:

• Melt butter in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic in butter, stirring occasionally until onion is tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except tomato and tortilla chips. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Serve with tomato and tortilla chips.

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. I don't pre-soak my beans. You could. Place dried beans and 2 Smoked Ham Hocks in large soup pan and add water 2" to 4" above beans. You'll be adding more water as the beans absorb it. The beans will expand. Salt at end of process, Ham and Ham Hocks are naturally salty. I start in soup pot to speed cooking then transfer to crock pot. You could sub dry beans with canned beans, quicker yet.
• 2. Cook at high simmer or low boil until beans are cooked and tender, about 1 hour. Stir occasionally. When beans are cooked remove Ham Hocks and trim off lean meat and chop medium fine. There won't be much lean meat. I trim the rind and fat in large 2" pieces so that those that don't like it don't get served it in their bowl.
• 3. Add the shredded Carrots (Optional), and the chopped Onion. Add the 2 or 3 cups of Ham chopped to size of beans. Add additional water as required.
• 4. Simmer for 2 to 3 additional hours. Taste and adjust salt and pepper at end. Serve with Corn Bread (My Choice) or bread of choice. Call some friends in and enjoy.
• 5. This could be done in crock pot, reserving all but the Beans and Ham Hocks until after the beans have become tender. You may have to reduce quantity slightly, or remove and reserve some of the beans after they are cooked, and re-add later. Removal and trimming of the Ham hocks should provide room for the cubed Ham. Crock Pot 4 to 5 hours.
• 6. Note: This is a wholesome soup and will stand up to additional added water when re-heating. You will want to thin it out.

GREAT NORTHERN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Combine ingredients.
• Cook in a uncovered crock pot 8-12 hours or overnight on low heat.

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS (PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• 1. Rinse the beans and remove and bad ones and any debris, place in a large bowl and cover with 2 inches of water. Add salt as desired and stir that in. Cover the bowl and let that sit for at least 6 hours.
• 2. After at least 6 hours, drain and rinse the beans. You can see how much the beans swelled.
• 3. Place the beans in your pressure cooker. Add 8 cups of water, 1 teaspoon of salt, and the 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, the oil keeps the beans from foaming so do not skip the oil.
• 4. Place the lid on the pot, add the weight (jiggler), and bring the heat up to high. When the jiggler starts moving and releasing pressure, start timing this for 6 minutes, and turn the heat down to low or medium low to maintain the jiggler moving and releasing pressure.
• 5. At 6 minutes, turn off the heat and move the pressure cooker to an unused burner and allow a natural release of pressure. When the pressure is released, open the lid, use beans as needed in other recipes.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH KALE AND GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it.
• Cook the milk with the bay leaves in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. When small bubbles appear along the sides, about 5 minutes later, turn off the heat and let stand.
• In the salted water, cook the pasta al dente. Drain it, rinse it quickly to stop the cooking, and put it in a large bowl.
• Trim the stems from the kale. Bring a large pot of water to boil and add kale. Boil kale for one minute, remove, and set aside to cool. Squeeze excess water from kale and chop into edible pieces.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter; when it is foamy, add the flour and cook, stirring, until the mixture browns, about 5 minutes. Remove the bay leaves from the milk and add about 1/4 cup of the milk to the hot flour mixture, stirring with a wire whisk all the while. As soon as the mixture becomes smooth, add a little more milk and continue to do so until all the milk is used up and the mixture is thick and smooth. Add the cheddar and stir.
• Pour the sauce over the noodles, toss in the Parmesan and kale, mix in the white beans, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Use the remaining 1 tablespoon butter to grease a 9 x 13-inch or similar-size baking pan and turn the pasta mixture into it. Top liberally with bread crumbs and bake until bubbling and the crumbs turn brown, about 15 minutes. Serve piping hot.

SOUTHERN GREAT NORTHERN BEANS (CROCK POT VERSION)

Steps:

• Start beans in morning.
• Wash beans and pick out any bad beans and toss away.
• Use a 4-6 quart crock pot.
• Pour washed beans into crock pot.
• Add water to about 1 inch over beans.
• Add butter,salt,hot pepper flakes and pork chop or ham bone.
• Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
• Then turn cooker to low and cook the rest of the day stirring once in a while and adding water only if necessary.
• Do not add to much water at one time other wise your beans will turn out watery, you want a nice thick gravy with your beans.
• When done break up the pork chop or remove meat from ham bone Toss bone.
• If using a whole red hot dried chili pepper remove it now and toss away.(We don't want anyone accidentally biting into that now do we?).
• The beans will be tender in a thick gravy.
• If gravy is to thin move lid on crockpot so that one side is open to let steam escape, To thicken gravy.
• If gravy is to thick add 1/4 cup water at a time until it reaches the consistency you desire.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Will take about 6-7 hours to cook.
• Serve with hot buttered cornbread and iced tea for a good southern rib sticking meal.
• I use this tea recipe #63785 Southern Sweet Tea.
• And I use this cornbread recipe #116185 Sweet Cornbread.
• But if you want a more southern corn bread try my #195163 Cracklin Cornbread recipe.

BEST GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• Sweat onions and garlic in butter and olive until softened on low heat. Add beans and chicken stock until heated through. Add wine and bring mixture to a boil reducing heat to low after most of the wine vapor has dissipated. Add sour cream and parsley then stir to incorporate. Season with salt and pepper. Serve

~ SAVORY SLOW-COOKED NORTHERN BEANS ~

Steps:

• 1. Place oil in bottom of slow cooker, add onion, garlic and carrots. Next add ham bone, beans, seasonings, broth and water. Stir in bouillon.
• 2. Cook on high for 6 hours adding more broth or water as beans absorb. Cook until beans are desired tenderness.

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS, BEEF VEGIE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Sort, rinse, soak your beans first.
• 2. Place water on a boil, add beans tomatoes and fresh vegetables. Do not drain the tomatoes. Just pour the whole can in.. It adds flavor.
• 3. After soup has boiled for approx 2hr.. Add the meat. Continue to cook on medium boil for 1 more hour. Stir occasionally to prevent any sticking or burning.
• 4. Now, you can Add your beef bouillon cubes, Worcestershire sauce and the Grill Mates seasoning. You can add any other spices you choose. Some, Tabasco sauce will spice this up nicely. Let the soup simmer on medium boil for another hour.
• 5. When your beans are at your preferred tenderness, serve it up!
• 6. You can also add shredded cheese as a topping garnish.. I prefer, shredded Colby Jack. Garlic bread is also great with this!

SIMPLE BOILED GREAT NORTHERN BEANS/PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Wash and soak beans overnight if possible.
• Pick out any shriveled beans and throw away.
• Use a large stockpot.
• Put bay leaves,salt and soda with the beans.
• Cover and cook on low heat until tender.
• Stir once in a while and add water if necessary.
• Don't worry about any bean hulls floating.
• It depends on altitude how long to cook.
• I cook them four hours, on low to be nice and tender.
• Drain the beans. Save the water.
• Remove the bay leaves.
• Mash and add some of the water back into the beans. You do not want them dry, but moist.
• Add dried cilantro flakes.
• Note: Add hot pepper flakes if you want spicy.
• Add to raw ground beef, ground pork before freezing or cooking or other raw ground meats.
• Sack in two cup amounts in zip lock bags. This is a starter recipe in refried beans,just add lard, bacon grease and spices. This is a quick starter for vegetable soup.

NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• pre-heat oven 300 degree.
• fry bacon in small fry pan until starting to turn crisp.
• add onion and cook until soft.
• In large dutch oven or again a roaster/crock pot add all ingredients and stir until well mixed.
• cook covered for 3 hours.

NORTHERN CHILI BEANS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low. Continue heating for 5 minutes and serve.

HOMEMADE GREAT NORTHERN BEANS FROM YOUR SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Rinse the beans well and pick them over. Discard any malformed beans or any small stones you might find. I have actually found small stones in dry beans, so always look them over.Transfer the beans to the slow cooker. Add 1 1/2 quarts of water to the pot.Add the onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves, garlic, celery flakes, parsley sprigs, and the freshly ground black pepper.Cover and cook on LOW for 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours.
• Mine were quite soft after 6 hours, but the age of the beans, the hardness of your water, etc., can make a difference.Add salt, to taste.Serve the beans over rice, in salads, chili, in soups, or mash them to use in dips or as a spread for crostini. They are perfect for use in any recipe that calls for canned great northern beans.Freezing Cooked BeansThe beans can be frozen in freezer containers. Chill the beans and pack them in containers. In 1-pint containers, leave about 1/2-inch of headspace to allow for expansion. Allow about 3/4- to 1-inch of headspace if you are using narrow mouth containers.You Might Also LikeWhite Chili with Chicken and Great Northern BeansSpicy Chicken and White Bean Salad

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS WITH PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a large heavy cooking pot , cover beans with water (at least 2 or more inches above beans and pork chops). Add all the seasonings and bring to a rolling boil , reduce heat and cook till beans are tender , making sure to keep enough water not to let boil dry. Sometimes they will cook in 2 hours and the next time it may take hours ,just keep a watch on them , checking water often.
• Serve with Mexican cornbread or Hot water bread.

ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES WITH GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400°.
• wash and stem tomatoes, cut large cherry tomatoes in half.
• mix tomatoes, olive oil, sugar and salt in a bowl.
• pour tomato mixture into 8" sq pan sprayed w cooking spray.
• roast for 30 minutes.
• drain and rinse gr northern beans.
• add beans, garlic and basil to tomato mixture.
• return to oven and heat beans (approx 3-5 minutes).

GREAT NORTHERN BEANS & TOMATOES (PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• Rinse the beans and remove any bad ones and any debris, place in a large bowl and cover with 2 inches of water. Add 2 tablespoons of salt and stir that in. Cover the bowl and let that sit for at least 6 hours. If you are going to soak these overnight, place in the fridge, this will reduce the chance of the beans fermenting.
• After 6 hours, drain and rinse the beans and add to your pressure cooker. Add 8 cups of water, bacon, and the 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, the oil keeps the beans from foaming so do not skip the oil.
• Place the lid on the pot, add the weight (jiggler), and bring the heat up to high. When the jiggler starts moving and releasing pressure, indicating full pressure, start timing this for 6 minutes, and turn the heat down to low or medium low to maintain the jiggler moving and releasing pressure.
• At 6 minutes, turn off the heat and move the pressure cooker to an unused burner and allow a natural release of pressure. When the pressure is released, open and remove the lid, you won't need the lid for the rest of the cooking. Pour the contents into a large strainer that is on top of a large pot. Now you have beans for this recipe and bean broth, 2 for 1.
• Return the beans to the pressure cooker along with 1 1/2 cups of the bean broth. Add the tomatoes, rosemary, salt, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to mix together and put low heat to simmer.
• Take the remainder of the bean broth and pour that into a jar and let it cool, then place in the fridge. Use as a base for a soup or noodles, use within 2-3 days. I got just under 1 quart of broth.
• Simmer for 15-20 minutes to cook down the tomatoes and the liquid reduced some.
• Serve as a side dish or main dish, enjoy.

LISA'S HAM & NORTHERN BEANS SOUP

Steps:

• Cover the beans with cold water and soak overnight. In the morning place the ham hock in the slow cooker, pour in the beans and enough water to cover. Add the onions. Cook on low for 8 hours. Most of the meat will have fallen off the bone, but you may need to give it a little help with a fork. Remove the bone. Taste for seasoning. Serve with homemade cornbread.