Southern Great Northern Beans (Crock Pot Version) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb great northern bean
2 quarts water, Added Only As Needed
1 tablespoon salt, This is estimated add to your taste
1 teaspoon pepper, This is estimated add to your taste
1 boneless pork chops or 1 ham bone
1 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper flakes, U can also use 1 whole dried red hot chili pepper instead and if you like em hot use more
1 tablespoon butter

Preparation

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.