Slow Roasted Beans

Ingredients

• 1 - 1 ½ cups of each:
• Pinto Beans
• Red Beans
• Black Beans
• Baby Lima Beans
• Black Eyed Peas
• Kidney Beans
• Northern Beans
• Navy Beans
  (Adjust amount of beans depending on the size of your roaster/slow cooker.)
• 1 lb uncooked, smoked bacon, chopped
• 2 tbsp bacon grease
• 2 cans sliced, stewed tomatoes
• ¼ - ½ cup Worcestershire
• 1 jalapeno, minced
• 3 Tbsp cilantro
• 3-5 Tbsp garlic
• 2 Tbsp Kitchen Bouquet©
• 5-7 roasted, peeled green chilies, chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Place beans in roaster/slow cooker and cover with water until the water is about 3 inches above the bean level. Let soak for 8 hours.
2. Turn roaster/slow cooker on high and add the bacon and bacon grease and let cook until it starts to bubble.
3. Turn roaster/slow cooker to low and add the remaining ingredients except the green chilies.
4. Cook 24-36 hours depending on how done you like your beans.
5. Add the green chilies 3-5 hours before the end time depending on how spicy you want your beans to be. The longer they cook the less spicy they will be.