Cousin Ellens Baked Beans Recipes

BETTER THAN BEST BAKED BEANS!

Steps:

• Fry bacon in frying pan.
• I cut into bite sized pieces with scissors before frying.
• As bacon fries, chop onions.
• When bacon is finished, remove from pan,drain and wrap in paper towels to absorb grease.
• Saute onions in bacon fat til translucent.
• Pour into strainer, but not necessary to rinse or pat with paper towel.
• For me, straining is enough.
• Pour canned beans into 6 Qt Crockpot.
• Stir in bacon, onions, ketchup, Salsa, Brown Sugar and cumin, mixing very well.
• Stir often.
• Cook on high for 3 hours, then switch to low for another two hours, well ahead of serving as it tastes even better the longer you allow the flavors to blend together.
• If I'm making them for a party, I make them early morning for that night or even the night before, cooking overnight in the crockpot.
• They will stay hot for a long time and you can just turn the crockpot back on a couple hours before serving.
• I taste them often as they're cooking and add more salsa and/or cumin to taste.
• We like to taste the cumin, but if you don't that's ok.
• Recipe is easily halved or doubled.
• I never measure anything- I add all ingredients for our taste preferences.
• Freezes VERY well and you can reheat in microwave or in crockpot once thawed.
• Leftovers are great the next day!

COUSIN ELLEN'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 9x12 baking dish w/ nonstick spray.
• Slice the uncooked bacon into 1 to 2" pieces.
• Fry lightly over medium heat , stirring occasionally, until it begins to crisp up around the edges.
• Scoop out the bacon and set aside in a bowl. Do NOT drain.
• SAVE the bacon grease that is in the skillet. (optional, see step below).
• Throw the onions into the skillet with the bacon grease and cook long enough to wilt them a bit. Stirring them around in the hot grease a couple of minutes or so.
• NOTE: You have 2 options here: 1) remove the cooked onions and reserve them for the recipe or 2) add both the onions & bacon grease to the recipe. I found no difference, one way or the other, so I toss it.
• Combine the first 5 ingredients into a large bowl: beans, water, dark brown sugar, corn syrup and ketchup. Stir.
• Add the onions AND the grease from the bacon pan. Stir gently until mixed with bean mixture. Add 1/2 of bacon to the beans, stir to combine.
• Pour mixture into a 9x 12 prepared baking dish or any oven safe serving dish.
• Top with the remaining bacon pieces.
• Bake UNCOVERED for approximately 3 hours at 350°F . Watch so that it doesn't dry out. It will be thick and look very dark and almost caramelized when it is done.
• NOTE: You can stretch the recipe by adding an additional can or 2 of beans without compromising the end result. No need to add any other ingredients.
• I DO NOT recommend making this in the crock pot.

HOMEMADE BAKED YELLOW EYED BEANS

Steps:

• Wash the yellow eyed beans in cold water.
• Rinse and soak in 12 cups of water overnight.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees Drain the beans and cover with 12 cups of fresh water.
• Bring the water to a hard boil and simmer the beans, uncovered, until the skins split.
• (when they are blown on) Drain and put beans in large casserole.
• Hide the onion in the middle of the beans, buried down deep.
• Mix all ingredients except for the bacon and pour over the yellow eyed beans and onion.
• Mix the diced bacon into the bean mixture.
• Add just enough boiling water to cover the beans, adding more boiling water during cooking, if necessary to keep the beans from drying out.
• Baked the covered beans in a 250 degree oven for 8 hours.
• Remove the lid during the last 30 minutes of cooking.

BRITISH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• •Place the beans in large bowl or pan, cover with cold water and leave to soak overnight.
• •Next day rinse the beans and place in a large ovenproof pan or deep roasting tin, with enough cold water to cover.
• •Pierce the peeled onion with the cloves and add to the beans with 2 tsp of the tomato concentrate, black peppercorns, bay leaf, sage, the garlic and the canned tomatoes. Bring to the boil on the stove top then place in the oven for approx 2-3 hours until the beans are quite soft. From time to time during the cooking, check that the beans aren't drying out, if they appear to be lower the heat and add a little boiling water.
• •Remove the bay leaf and cloves and onion. Add the diced tomato and the remaining tomato concentrate, stir, then cook for 30 minutes more. Season to taste and serve sprinkled with fruity olive oil, if using.

COUSIN CAROLINES BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Rinse Beans and boil for 1 hour or until done. Pour off excess water, add remaining ingredients.
• Bake for three hours or until done.

BEST EVAH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fry bacon strips in medium saucepan until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble.
• Add onions and brown sugar to bacon drippings. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the onion is soft and golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in crumble bacon and the remaining ingredients. Simmer 20 to 30 minutes.