Brown Beans

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 240 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings
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Description

This brown beans recipes is for soup beans that people like to serve with cornbread and chopped onion. It's not fast or fancy, but it's the real deal.

Ingredients

• 1 pound dried pinto beans
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 cups reduced-salt chicken broth
• 1 3/4 pounds ham hock
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1 Sort beans, discarding any stones or damaged beans, rinse, then place in a large bowl with 1/2 teaspoon salt and enough water to cover by 3 or 4 inches. Soak beans 8 hours to overnight.
2 Drain and rinse beans; place in a large pot. Add chicken broth, ham hock, black pepper, and salt; bring to a boil over medium heat.
3 Reduce the heat to low; simmer beans for 4 hours, adding water occasionally if needed to keep a soupy consistency. Remove ham hock before serving.