Taste of the Ozarks: Beans & Greens

Even I will admit that maybe that doesn't look all that delcious, but I swear on a stack of Bibles, it's delicious.  Beans & Greens has long been a down-home dish throughout most of the southern U.S. and we're no exception.  We love our "brown" (pinto for the uninitiated) beans and cornbread, which btw, form a complete protein. Couple that with kale, collards, or spinach, and you're really looking at a protein/vitamin powerhouse. To be completely honest, you see the green but you don't really taste it.  Until I told him, Gene thought I'd just gone really nuts with the parsley.

This is my version using country sausage with lots of sage, collard greens, and pinto beans.  It's an easy-peasy workday recipe where you throw everything from the pantry/freezer into the crock-pot and either go to work, or like me, go to sleep. Dinner is ready when you are.  Add crackers or cornbread or dinner rolls and you've got a happy Gene, I mean, whatever your spouse's name is.

Sausage, Beans, & Greens (Collards)

Recipe by Glenna Anderson Muse

1 lb Light Country Sausage

1 16 oz can Collard Greens

1 small can of green chilies

1 lb dried pinto beans

2 tsp salt

2 tsp pepper

2 tsp cumin

Rooster (sriracha) sauce to taste

Enough water or chicken stock to cover everything in the crockpot by 3-4"

Directions:

Throw everything into the crock-pot (do not brown the sausage) and cook for 10 hours on low or 5 hours on high.

Makes 12 cups.

Nutrition per cup:  Calories 222; Protein:  13;  Carbs 27;  Fat;  7;  Fiber:  7; Weight Watchers Points:  5

 

 

 

Comments

[Russ]

I love this, and I want to try it. Is this enough liquid to cook a lb of dried beans?

[Glenna]

Russ, thanks for the catch. It's not. I've now added "Enough water or chicken stock to cover everything in pot by 3-4"." You'll still need your soaking broth to cook the beans. Thanks!

[Stella]

I'll have to pass on this one, just
because of the looks! Sounds good tho.
Loved the blue and white hoodie you made
for Maddox! Thanks!

[Glenna]

Ha! If Gene ate it...anyone will eat it!
(My pleasure to make the hoodie!)