Easy Smoke-Flavored Pinto Beans

Easy Smoke-Flavored Pinto Beans

Ingredients:
beans, snap, green, raw
ground turkey, raw

Directions:
You will find a package of smoked turkey neck bones in the freezer section for about $2-3.
Soak pinto beans overnight.
Drain and rinse again.
Pour drained beans into a 4-5 quart pot
Add smoked turkey neck bones (or 2 smoked ham hocks)
Cover with water that is 1-1/2 to 2 inches over the beans and neck bones bones or hocks.
Bring to boil and then reduce heat to low and cover.
Cook for about 5 hours until the beans are tender and the water is a kind of gravy.
Check every hour or so to make sure that the water level is at least 1 inch higher than the beans.
Remove from heat and remove neck bones or hocks.
Serve with bread or rolls to dip into the gravy water.
NOTE: This does very well cooking all day in a crock pot set on low in the morning.
And the beans only taste better the next day and the next and the next.