Easy Smoke-flavored Pinto Beans

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb dried pinto bean
• 2 lbs turkey neck, bones smoked

Recipe

• 1 you will find a package of smoked turkey neck bones in the freezer section for about $2-3.
• 2 soak pinto beans overnight. drain and rinse again.
• 3 pour drained beans into a 4-5 quart pot
• 4 add smoked turkey neck bones (or 2 smoked ham hocks)
• 5 cover with water that is 1-1/2 to 2 inches over the beans and neck bones bones or hocks.
• 6 bring to boil and then reduce heat to low and cover.
• 7 cook for about 5 hours until the beans are tender and the water is a kind of gravy.
• 8 check every hour or so to make sure that the water level is at least 1 inch higher than the beans.
• 9 remove from heat and remove neck bones or hocks.
• 10 serve with bread or rolls to dip into the gravy water.
• 11 note: this does very well cooking all day in a crock pot set on low in the morning.
• 12 and the beans only taste better the next day and the next and the next.