Dutch Baked Beans Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak navy beans overnight in a large bowl with enough water by several inches. Drain and place beans into a large Dutch oven or heavy pot with 6 cups water, baking soda, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and boil for 10 minutes. Drain, saving bean-cooking liquid.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Transfer beans into clean Dutch oven and stir bacon, onion, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper into beans. Pour enough of the hot reserved bean liquid in to cover beans; stir.
• Cover Dutch oven and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Check liquid level and add more of the reserved bean liquid to bring liquid up to cover beans. Return to oven and continue baking until beans are tender and almost all the liquid has been absorbed, about 1 hour.
• Raise oven heat to 350; bake beans uncovered in oven until top develops a flavorful crust, 20 to 30 more minutes.

DUTCH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight or at least 8 hours. Drain beans, put in dutch oven and cover with clean hot water. When beans start to cook, scum off and add salt. Cook slow til almost done. Put in casserole dish.
• Add: Sugar.
• Mustard.
• Vinegar.
• Bacon grease.
• Stir until sugar and grease dissolve. Sprinkle with pepper, Add strips of bacon on top and Bake at 350 for about 1 hour or until bacon is brown.

DUTCH "BAKED" BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon until not quite done; drain and set aside. (Bacon should not be brittle.)
• Saute onions in 2 or 3 tablespoons bacon fat.
• Take 1 can of beans and rinse and drain well; use other can as is.
• Pour the unstrained can into large frying pan. Add brown sugar; stir until sugar is melted. Add onions and rest of the beans.
• Chop bacon; add to mixture, along with catsup, spices and salt.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH HOME BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans over night in cold water.
• Drain,and add 1 1/2 quarts fresh water,and the onion and cook slowly until the skins on the beans burst.
• Drain and save the liquid.
• Mix molasses, sasoning and catsup with 1 cup of the liquid.
• Put half the salt pork or bacon in bottom of bean pot or baking dish.
• Add the beans and top with remainder of pork or bacon.
• Pour molasses mixture over beans, and add more liquid just to cover the beans.
• Bake covered for 5 hours in slow oven(300 degrees). Uncover for the last 30 minutes. Add water if necessary while cooking.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fry or microwave bacon until crisp.
• Drain and crumble when cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drain and rinse beans.
• Combine beans and the rest of ingredients in a baking dish.
• Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until bubbly.