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hambone cooked with dried beans
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5 from 2 votes

Ham Bone with Great Northern Dried Beans

Add flavor to your dried beans or peas by using a leftover ham bone.
Prep Time12 hours
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time13 hours
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dried beans, dried great northern beans, ham bone, southern food
Servings: 26
Calories: 90kcal
Cost: $3

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

Soak Beans

  • Rinse Great Northern beans under cold water using a collander.
    rinse beans
  • Place beans in deep stock pot and cover with enough water to extended above beans by 2-3 inches.
    Soak at least 4 to 12 hours. (Quick Soak: Rinse and sort beans in a large pot. For 1 lb. of beans (about 2 cups) add 6-8 cups hot water. Bring to a rapid boil and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour)
    Drain and rinse.

Cook

  • Add ham bone to beans and enough water to cover.
  • Bring to a boil and cook over low heat until beans are tender.
    cook until beans are tender

Seasoning

  • Salt and pepper to taste. Season after the beans have cooked since some salt will come from the ham.
    Nutritional info based on uncooked beans alone and, does not include the ham bone.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 8g | Potassium: 490mg | Fiber: 7g