Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1                    ham bone -- cracked
   1      pound         small dried red beans -- soaked overnight &
                         -- drained
   1                    onion -- chopped
   3      cloves        garlic -- minced
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
   6      cups          hot cooked rice
   1      cup           chopped green onions

Preparation:

Place beans in bottom of crock pot and add remaining ingredients, except rice and green onions, with 1 1/2 quarts water. Cover and cook on high 2 hours. Turn heat to low and cook, covered, 10 to 12 hours. Remove ham bone and mash some of the beans against the side of the pot to thicken the remaining liquid. Remove meat from bone and return meat to pot. Season with salt and pepper and serve with rice, topped with chopped green onions.