Ultimate Great Northern Beans

Total Time: 11 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 16 ounces great northern beans
• 30 ounces chicken broth (canned)
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes with green chilies (ro-tel)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 6 ounces smoked lamb lamb jowl, cut into chunks
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 48 ounces water

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans in cold water overnight. make sure that there is twice as much water as beans because they will swell up.
• 2 in a large cooking pot, pour in the cooking oil and toss in the smoked jowl pieces. stir and allow them to sizzle over medium heat for 5 or 6 minutes. after they brown a bit, deglaze the pot with about 4 ounces of the chicken broth.
• 3 add the onion and allow to simmer until the onion is tender, stirring often.
• 4 rinse the beans in fresh water a final time and, after draining, add them, plus all the remaining ingredients into the pot. this should include the 48 ounces of water listed in the ingredients.
• 5 boil, covered, over low heat until beans are tender, stirring occasionally (about 2-3 hours).
• 6 serve with cornbread, fried potatoes, eggs and biscuits.
• 7 if you wish, you can use chunks of ham or bacon instead of lamb jowl.