Salt-Pork Style Beans with Onion & Hard Biscuits

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 cans (15 oz) canned white beans or navy beans, drained
• 4 oz smoked bacon or salt pork, diced
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup water or light stock
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• for serving crackers or biscuits

Instructions

1. 1Render bacon/salt pork in a pot until edges crisp; leave the fat.
2. 2Add onion and cook until soft; stir in garlic 30 seconds.
3. 3Add beans, water/stock, bay leaf, and pepper. Simmer 15–20 minutes.
4. 4Mash a few beans against the pot to thicken. Taste for salt (bacon varies).
5. 5Serve with crackers — the modern hardtack stand-in.