Slow cooker Sweet and sour beans
These sweet and sour beans are the bomb. It is the first time I make this super healthy beans in the crock pot and we truly loved them. What an easy and nutritious recipe!
I am finding myself using my crock pot quite often lately. Given the fact that it is so convenient and easy I take it out from storage at least twice a week.
For this sweet and sour recipe I almost doubled my batch. If you have been reading my other recipes you will know that more often than not I tend to double my recipe so that I can have leftovers to use for the days ahead. This way I don’t have to cook every single day since we don’t mind leftovers!
Also, for this recipe, I used dried white beans but you can use any other beans of your choice. I think red beans or even a mixture of them will be good as well. If you like you can also add some other veggies as well as some sort of protein. Lean ground turkey, chicken or beef will complement the beans and veggies rather well. I just left my version vegetarian though.
I cooked the beans on a high setting but if you have more time you can cook it on low for longer. I don’t think that should be a problem. Also, if you like, you can freeze part of the beans and used later on. Beans freeze very well.
On another note, how cold it is where you are? We are experiencing a rather cold winter, however, I think some other parts of the country as well as Canada are way worse than here in NJ. I think I need to move to a hotter area with a warmer climate. It is way too cold for me here.
I leave you with this recipe that I hope you will enjoy.
PrintSlow cooker Sweet and sour beans
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup dry sherry
- 1/4 cup soy sauce, gluten free
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp unrefined sugar
- 1 tbs dried marjoram
- 1 tbs dried thyme
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 1 quart vegetable broth
- 1 lb white beans, soaked over night
- 3 potatoes, diced
- 3 carrots, diced
- 1 tbsp arrowroot powder, or corn starch
Directions:
In your crock pot, place the first 10 ingredients and mix through with a whisk. Add the vegetable broth and beans and cook on high setting for one hour.
Add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook further on high for 4 hours. When the 4 hours have gone by dissolve the arrowroot powder in some of the bean broth and incorporate to the soup. Cook for another 15 minutes or so until the broth thickens.
At this stage you can add some celtic salt if you like. Serve while warm.
Recipe adapted from the Slow Cooking Book
Hello there. My name is Miryam and I am the clinical dietitian and Physician Assistant behind Eat Good 4 Life. My wish is to inspire you to start cooking healthier so that you can live a longer and happier life. Thanks for stopping by (
This looks so so yum Miriam. I finally got myself a slow cooker, can’t wait to try some of your awesome and healthy dishes. After pinning it, I had to come by and see how you made this yummy dish. Love it.
Hope you are doing good sweety. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY!!
xoxo
This looks really tasty….I am really wishing I brought my crockpot with me when I moved across the country. Must order a new one!
Beautiful pictures by the way.
Definitely looks scrumptious and I am loving the textures of it in the pic…so luscious! Guess I need to place an order for a crockpot asap.
Looks yummy! What did you serve them with?
Just as is w/ some toasted bread :-) Thanks for visiting my blog!!
These look and sound utterly delicious — perfect for this time of year too. I’m so happy to see the list of ingredients and that the beans aren’t weighed down with additional sugar – lovely recipe. Thank you!
Oh this looks so good. And we here in Tennessee had some mighty cold weather too. Down to zero with 10-15 below wind chill! Too cold for this neck of the woods! But how warm and cozy this soup would be in the crockpot! Love that I found all your awesome recipes and posts. Your Pinterest boards are about all I would ever need. Thank You!! I will be making a lot of them!! Including this one!
I hope you like it :-) Thanks for visiting.
YUM. Well this is certainly the kind of recipe that’ll warm you up… kinda reminds me of the baked beans from London. No? Spain, UK, it’s all the same region, I’m sure you know.
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