Slow Cooker Cranberry Beans Recipes

SLOW COOKER CRANBERRY BEANS

Steps:

• Rinse the cranberry beans in a fine mesh strainer. Pick over, looking for any non-bean material such as pebbles.
• Place the cranberry beans in the slow cooker. Cover with water (the water should rise an inch above the beans).
• Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 10-12 hours, until soft.
• Drain the beans. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Or freeze the cooked beans for later.

BAKED CRANBERRY BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Rinse off your cranberry beans and sort through them. Soak them in water overnight, rinse & drain or pressure cook them for 45 minutes or until tender.
• 2. Gather all the additional ingredients to add to the crock pot with the beans.
• 3. Add beans and all ingredients except the onions & bacon. Cook on a medium heat for 3 1/2 hours. Add your sautéed onions and bacon after 1 1/2 hours. Stir beans occasionally.
• 4. Check beans at 3 hours to see if they are done. Cook them longer if necessary.
• 5. 8-21-13 --- Today I added grilled & chopped all beef angus hot dogs to the beans and topped it with cheddar cheese. It was my dinner tonight.

BACON AND CRANBERRY BEAN RAGOUT

Steps:

• Cook and stir olive oil and bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until bacon is fully cooked and begins to crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain off excess grease, leaving a teaspoon in the pan.
• Stir shallots and salt into the cooked bacon; cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in beans, chicken broth, and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the beans begin to swell, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Uncover and continue cooking bean and bacon mixture until the liquid reduces and beans are tender, 5 to 10 more minutes. Add rosemary, lemon zest, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. Adjust levels of salt and black pepper. Remove from heat, stir in extra-virgin olive oil, hot chile paste, and fresh herbs.