Baked Beans For Saturdays Supper Recipes

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the dried beans in a pot of water covered by a few inches of water and let soak overnight. Drain the beans, place them back in the pot with fresh water and bring to a boil. Simmer for one hour, then drain, reserving the liquid. See NOTE.
• In a Dutch oven or other oven-proof pot fry the bacon until crispy then add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.Stir in the tomato sauce, molasses, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and bay leaf.Add 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean water and the beans.Bring everything to a simmer for a minute or two to heat it up. In the meantime preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the Dutch oven with the lid on to the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 2 to 3 hours or until the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened, removing the lid during the last 20-30 minutes to help the sauce thicken. NOTE: If at any point during the cooking process too much liquid evaporates and the beans get dry, add a little more of the reserved bean water. The beans themselves can vary from batch to batch and you may end up either needing to add more liquid if the beans are too dry or you may need to bake the beans longer with the lid off if there is too much liquid. Adjust as needed.Add more salt the pepper to taste.Serve immediately or let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be reheated on the stovetop or in the microwave.
• SLOW COOKER METHOD: Follow steps 1 and 2 and then pour everything into the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours or until the beans are tender. Open the lid for the last 30 minutes or longer until the sauce has thickened. If the beans are too thick at any point and too much liquid has evaporated, stir in a little extra water.

BAKED BEANS FOR SATURDAY'S SUPPER

Steps:

• Cover beans w/ water and soak overnight.
• Drain and add all ingredients to covered beanpot/roaster or pressure cooker.
• Cover beans with warm water.
• Oven Method :.
• Place bean in a large pan and cover w/ boiling water. Parboil on medium stovetop heat 20-25 minutes. Drain.
• Place bean in a roaster/bean pot and bake the beans covered at 325F for 5+ hours then uncovered for 1-2.
• Occasionally add more hot/boiling water as needed.
• Pressure Cooker method: When you add water to cooker, make sure it is under half full.
• Following your pressure cooker instructions, cook for 45 min at 5 lbs pressure or gauge gently rocking.
• Transfer beans into a bean pot or small roasting pan and bake uncovered until beans are browned and tender (1-2 hrs at 325F degrees).
• Add more hot boiling water as needed.

NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Pick over beans making sure there's no rocks or bad beans in the bag. Soak them overnight in just enough cold water to cover them. Drain water and fill pot with clean water to about an inch above beans. Bring to boil, simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and pour beans into a crockpot. Put in the onion and salt pork. Put in the other ingredients, finish by pouring in enough water to just cover the beans. Stir and let cook slow at least 5 hours, until beans are tender. Add water if needed. If the water hasn't cooked down you can take the lid off to allow thickening.
• I love to put on a pot of these on a Saturday morning and smell them cooking all day.