How to Prepare Perfect "Hot" Ham and Pinto Beans

"Hot" Ham and Pinto Beans. Southern pinto beans are slow cooked to perfection with ham hocks, water, and a few seasonings. Keep with tradition and serve with hot cornbread. For a vegetarian pinto bean dish, omit the ham hock and add extra seasonings for flavor.

Add pinto beans, hot sauce, and onion. Serve with rice and a meat side dish. Slow Cooker Pinto Beans and Ham You can cook "Hot" Ham and Pinto Beans using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of "Hot" Ham and Pinto Beans

1. Prepare 32 oz of Pinto beans.
2. It's 8 cup of water.
3. Prepare 4 each of Pork necks "meaty".
4. It's 1/2 cup of Diced jalapeno out the jar.
5. You need 1 tbsp of crushed red peppers.
6. You need 1 tsp of black pepper.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of liquid smoke.
8. You need 1 tsp of Creole seasoning.
9. You need 1 tsp of chili powder.
10. You need 1/4 cup of garlic, minced.
11. Prepare 12 oz of roasted red peppers.
12. It's 1 cup of chicken broth.
13. You need 1 medium of onion, chopped.
14. You need of Frank's hot sauce.

Pinto Beans and Ham Hocks (Crockpot Cooking) and Cornbread. UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention that some people aren't quite sure how to do pinto beans in a crockpot, so I'm updating the post Hearty, warming ham and bean soup with hot homemade cornbread - a perfect winter meal. Add pinto beans and adjust water to cover if needed, hot sauce, and onion. I'm not kidding when I call Pintos (or Pinto Beans) as you might know them, beloved in the south.

"Hot" Ham and Pinto Beans step by step

1. Soak your pinto beans for at least 8hrs..
2. Now put beans, pork necks and all the rest of the ingredients (except hot sauce ) into pot. I cook mine on medium for 2hrs. Stirring twice an hour. Then pull the pork necks out and cut the meat of them. Really it just falls off. Once done doing that I add the meat and neck bones back to pot. Cook for another 2 hrs but on low. Stirring twice an hour..
3. Now they should be ready to eat and enjoy. I top mine off once it's in the bowl with Frank's hot sauce..
4. This recipe makes alot. Cut in half for less servings..

A bowl of pintos, seasoned with ham, topped with onion, and served with a big old wedge of hot cornbread - thats just good old soul food in my neck of the woods. Who doesn't love a big ol bowl of steaming hot, creamy, smoky Pinto Beans? Seriously, is there a better comfort food out there? To cook old fashioned pinto beans in the pressure cooker. Follow the instructions in the recipe above for soaking and then saute the onions and garlic.