Anasazi Beans

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ANASAZI BEANS IN CROCK POT

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound dried Anasazi beans
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small pod Red Pepper or red pepper flakes (1/4 tsp.) optional
1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke (prefer Colgin brand)
1 tablespoon EVOO, (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
1 teaspoon white sugar or Splenda equivalent (optional)
Kosher or Sea Salt (to taste) or substitute Mrs. Dash or low sodium salt
Freshly ground black pepper corns (Tellicherry)
1 Beef bouillon cube
2 bay leaves
8 cups water - have water at least 1 to 2 inches above the dried beans
1 can 14.5 oz. chicken broth less sodium

YIELD:  10 servings of 1/2 cup

Rinse Anasazi beans a few times in warm tap water and drain or soak overnight in water and drain the following morning.  Place all ingredients except salt in crock pot and let cook on high heat for 2 hours.  Reduce heat to low and cook for 6 hours or until tender.  Remove bay leaves and add salt (to taste) if needed.  Remove one cup of beans from crock pot and mash in a bowl; add mashed beans back to the crock pot to thicken the bean "gravy."  Serve with your favorite sides.

Above beans prepared on 02-01-2021 and basically is the same recipe I use for my dried beans n smoked turkey wings sans the turkey wings.

The Anasazi beans were "off the chain good" with excellent taste and texture.  The Anasazi beans are much sweeter in flavor than regular pinto beans in my humble opinion!

I added chopped parsley and chopped cherry tomatoes for eye candy for the camera.  I purposely didn't add much soup aka gravy to the bowl in order to showcase the beans.

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The above crock pot is on its last leg and is probably 40 plus years old.  I have a replacement or two, but hate to give this one up, whereas the heating element is about gone and takes far too long to get the job done.  This ole boy is definitely a senior citizen plus age wise; talking about the crock pot and of course yours truly included................grin if you must!

My friend Calvin Jones recently gifted me with three pounds of Anasazi beans and I decided to cook them today (02-02-2021) in the crock pot.  Mr. C. as I call Calvin, gave me a couple pounds a year or two ago and I did one pound in the Instant Pot and they came out wonderful. 

ANASAZI BEANS HISTORY

Anasazi Beans were one of the few crops cultivated by the Anasazi.  They were found in the ruins by settlers to the four corners area in the early 1900's.  Presently they are grown at 7,000 ft. elevation on the same land the Anasazi inhabited.  Ancestral Pueblo culture, also called Anasazi, prehistoric Native American civilization that existed from approximately ad 100 to 1600, centering generally on the area where the boundaries of what are now the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah intersect.

Web published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 02-02-2021.

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