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Gordon’s Greatest Garbanzo Beans

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This family recipe has been featured on the Garbanzos bag for decades and hails from Gordon Hayward, 2nd generation bean enthusiast.

Ingredients:

  • 1 (1-pound) package Camellia Brand Garbanzo Beans
  • 10 cups water
  • 1 cup green pepper, diced
  • 1 cup onion, diced
  • 1 cup celery, diced
  • 1 toe garlic, chopped
  • 1 pound ham or seasoning meat
  • Salt and pepperto taste
Yield:
6

Directions:

  1. Rinse and sort garbanzos. (Optional: Soak using your preferred method.)
  2. To a large, heavy pot, add garbanzos, water, chopped vegetables and garlic. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 1 hour.
  3. When garbanzos are soft, add ham or seasoning meat to pot. Cook for an additional hour.
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

Ingredients used in this Recipe

garlic seasoning meat onions celery garbanzo beans green bell peppers