Black Beans in Crockpot recipe?

Crock Pot Black Beans

1 pound dried black beans, picked over and rinsed.
water to soak
1 or 2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jar of prepared salsa (use a kind you like green or red), or 2 cups home made salsa
broth- chicken or vegetable to cover soaked beans
ham bone- optional- obviously leave out for vegetarian beans- you might want to add other flavourings if you leave it out.

All you need to do is pick over the beans for small stones or any other foreign matter, rinse them and soak in about four times the volume of water to beans for about eight hours. If you do this before you go to bed you can throw the beans in the crock pot in the morning to cook away all day.

Once the beans are soaked, drain them and put them in the pot with the other ingredients. If you want to keep them vegan or lower in fat leave the ham bone out- but it does add a lot to flavour for very little extra added fat and calories. Cover the lot with the broth- the beans will soak up a lot of the liquid as they continue to soften and cook. Set the pot to whatever time you want the beans ready- or if your pot doesn’t have set times use high for about four hours or low for eight.

Serve over brown rice or as a side dish to whatever your serving.

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