Easy Smoke-Flavored Pinto Beans

carrie sheridan's Note:

These are so good and healthy and costs $3-4 for 8 servings!

• Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

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

Directions:

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.