Best Of The West Bean Bake 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.

OLD WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight in water in a large bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Saute the onions and pork over medium heat in a cast iron Dutch oven until the onions are tender, abut 10 minutes. Add the drained beans, pork, chicken stock, cayenne, molasses, ketchup, brown sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.
• Cover the casserole and transfer to the oven. Bake to 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the beans are tender.
• Serve topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

BEST IN THE WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Brown beef, bacon and onion in large skillet. Drain.
• Combine all ingredients except beans, mix well.
• Add beans and stir gently.
• Bake one hour in a 325 to 350 oven (or until hot a bubbly).
• This recipe can easily be cut in half since it makes a rather large batch. I only use half the bacon. If you would like, you could add some more beef if cutting back on the bacon.

BEST OF THE WEST BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In ovenproof kettle, cook beef, bacon, and onion over moderate heat, stirring to break up lumps for about 20 minutes or until beef is no longer pink & bacon is slightly crisp. Transfer to a large strainer to drain the grease & then return to the kettle. Add ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, molasses, chili powder, & six cans of beans. Stir until well combined.
• Note: you can modify the types beans to your liking. I don't use kidney beans myself; however you can add them in place of the pink ones. Can't really go wrong with whatever kind you chose!
• Bake mixture, covered, in middle of oven for at least an hour. Serves about 20 as a side dish.

BEST-IN-THE-WEST BEANS TAKE BAKED BEANS TO ANOTHER LEVEL

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and bacon. Drain. Add onion and cook until tender. Add all other ingredients except beans and mix well. Drain kidney beans and butter beans. Add all beans to meat mixture. Pour into 3-quart casserole dish. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

BEST IN THE WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef and bacon. Drain. Add onion and cook till tender. Add all other ingredients except the beans and mix well.
• 2. Drain kidney beans and butter beans. Add all beans to meat mixture. Pour into 3 quart casserole dish or into crock pot.
• 3. To prepare in oven, bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. To prepare in crock pot, cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook for 4 hours. I always double this for family get to gathers or pot lucks
• 4. This recipe is great for Dutch Oven cooking. Triple recipe for a 12 inch Dutch Oven.