DRIED BEANS N SMOKED TURKEY WINGS

INGREDIENTS:

2 pound dried beans, Lima, Pinto, Navy (your choice)
2 smoked turkey wings
2 cups beef broth
1 large onion, chopped coarse
2 cloves garlic (chopped fine)
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 small pod Red Pepper or red pepper flakes (1/4 tsp.) (optional)
1 or 2 small ribs of celery, chopped fine (I like it better without the celery) Mickey Porter that is!
1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke (prefer Colgin brand)
1 tablespoon EVOO, (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
1 tablespoon white sugar or Splenda equivalent
Kosher or Sea Salt (to taste) or substitute Mrs. Dash or low sodium salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper corns (Tellicherry)
1 Beef bouillon cube
2 bay leaves
4 cups water (enough to cover beans about 1 inch)

Cover beans with water in 8 quart sauce pot, add baking soda and soak overnight.  The soaking of the beans is optional, but I personally prefer to soak the beans overnight.  The next morning, pour off water, add beans to the Instant Pot and cover them with beef broth and 4 cups water.  Add all the above ingredients except the salt.

Make certain the safety mechanism (red button) is working on the Instant Pot, close the lid and set the steam release lever to steam.   Set the Instant Pot to the pressure mode and set timer for thirty (30) minutes.  After the time is up, allow the Instant Pot to rest for 12 minutes, rotate the steam lever control to quickly release the steam.  Once the safety valve (red button) is depressed, open the lid of the Instant Pot.  Remove one cup of beans from the pot and mash in a bowl and return the mashed beans to the pot and stir in the mashed beans.  This will thicken the bean gravy aka sauce.  Remove the turkey wings and discard the bones and skin, returning the turkey wing meat back to the Instant Pot.  Garnish with green onion tops or parsley.

Serve while hot with your favorite condiments and sides.

YIELD:  8 servings

Served with baked sour cream cornbread.

NOTES:  This recipe from Rachel Myers of Wadesboro, NC and I believe it came from a Country Living Cookbook, but not sure of the origination.  Modified for the Instant Pot and used Chicken Broth less sodium instead of water.

Above dried beans and smoked turkey wings prepared on 03-26-19 and were awesome with wonderful flavor and textures.  I did not have to add any salt to this recipe since there was enough salt in the Swanson Chicken Broth.

It takes about four (4) hours to do this recipe on the stove top and I can say these are some of the best pinto beans that I have done to date and it took about an hour +- total time to have them ready to serve.

Please follow the manufacturer's safety instructions for using the Instant Pot.

SEQUENCE PIXS TAKEN

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Again, I was totally stoked over the taste and texture of the beans n smoked turkey wings and the cook time saved using the Instant Pot. 

GIANT LIMA BEANS

I cooked two (2) pounds of giant lima beans in the Instant Pop on 06-29-2020 and they were outstanding.  I didn't take any pixs of them at the time, but had several cartons frozen for later usage and thawed one carton out today being 07-07-2020.

The beans make their own gravy in the Instant Pot and they were outstanding when cooked on 06-29-2020 and were just as good today.  They didn't have the camera "eye appeal" as when freshly made, but still "off the chain good."

Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 07-07-2020.