white bean recipe recs

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I've got several packs of Camellia beans I need to use up.

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Is there a date on them? Cooking old beans is an exercise in futility.

Trinity
Garlic
Herbs
Bay leaf
Fresh minced jalapeño
Smoked sausage
Smoked hock
A few tomatoes if you wish
Green onions at the end
Salt, black and red pepper to taste

Basic white beans for a large group and your beans stay white.

For every 2 pounds of dry beans

1 white onion diced fine
1 tsp white pepper
1 Tbs Salt
1 lb pork.... pickled, ham hock salt meat ( if you use salt meat cut back on the salt)
1/2 cup Crisco Shortening

To soften them
Soak your beans overnight in plain water or make a brine with 1 gallon of water and 1/4 cup of salt and soak them for 4-5 hours

Boil your beans in fresh water till they foam.
Once they foam change the water and repeat.
Bring your beans back to boil and all the ingredients and cook for 2-3 hours or till they get creamy.

Lafourche parish baw checking in and I like those better than red beans. And I love red beans. Basically make them the same as red beans but more butter and make sure you’re bell peppers are green (I use yellow for red). Ham hock and/or turkey neck is all you need - no sausage necessary (though it doesn’t ruin it).

Serve with fried catfish and room temp jambalaya and you rollin

Butter? Never seen that in a red beans recipe.,...

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Butter? Never seen that in a red beans recipe.,...

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Butter is a standard ingredient in my red beans. I put it in at the end of cooking. It adds an incredible richness to it and puts them over the top. I can't recommend it enough