Pork And Bean Stew
This bean and ham soup is thick and creamy. You can use any kind of meat you like or leave it out for a vegetarian bean soup.
Ingredients
- 1 pound great northern beans
- 1 pound ham steak or other meat equivalent
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Liquid Smoke
- 1 tsp rosemary
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 3 cups green beans
Instructions
- Soak beans 8 hours or overnight in water
- Drain, rinse, add to crock pot with 4 cups of water
- Sear pork shoulder steak in butter and salt in a skillet set to medium high until brown on both sides, add whole steak to crockpot
- Deglaze pan with water through garlic ingredients. Bring this sauce to a boil while scraping browned bits off pan, pour into crock pot.
- Set crockpot to high for 3-4 hours
- 30 minutes before mealtime, add green beans
- Stew is done when white beans are cooked and flavors melded
- Salt to taste
- Garnish with sour cream, rosemary and pepper