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creamy crockpot beans

June 16th, 2008 at 01:18 am

Peri peri shrimp yesterday, creamy crockpot beans today. I'm confused - high end one day, low end the next.Smile

No real recipe here - just a willingness to clean out the counters and use what was in the pantry.

First off, the beans were ones that sister sent me from her garden at the farmette. So while they were dried - they were freshly dried if that makes any sense.

Started soaking the beans at 5pm Saturday. Then at 11pm I drained them and put them in my crockpot with 2 chopped onions, what was left of the peri peri sauce (chile, olive oil, lemon juice, cilantro, parsely, garlic pureed into a smooth paste), excess chopped parsely and cilantro.

Set the crockpot to low at 11:30pm. (Gutsy to sleep with an 80s era crockpot turned on, I know, I know.)

I woke up at 9am to a wonderful smell, but I turned it off because I was going to be out and about. When I came back, I added to the crockpot a jar of simmer sauce from Trader Joe's, and a small can of tomato paste, then cranked the crockpot up again.

They turned out creamy and delicious, a happy accident. We had them with rice, but it would be great by itself or with a tortilla. Hopefully they won't be too musical in my digestive tract tomorrow.Big Grin

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4 Responses to “creamy crockpot beans”

  1. Analise Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 02:05 am 1213581938
    1213581938

    Sounds delicious...what kind of dried beans did you use?

  2. klbb90 Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 01:18 pm 1213622313
    1213622313

    Yum! Its amazing how some well used appliances like crockpots can last so long. One of mine is also from the 80's and still works great.

  3. sagegirl Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 04:13 pm 1213632809
    1213632809

    My hubby makes the most delicious beans. Being a good Texas family, we always have ours with a hot slice of homemade cornbread and a large iced-tea. Yum!!

  4. baselle Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 06:11 pm 1213639861
    1213639861

    Analise - a mix of anazazi, jacob's cattle, and cranberry. Sister gave them to me mixed, and I wasn't really in the mood to sort them, so they stayed mixed in the jar. Big Grin

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