Food Network: The Once and Future Beans

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The Once and Future Beans
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Ingredients
1 pound dried Great Northern beans
1 pound bacon, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 jalapenos, chopped
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
Vegetable broth
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons kosher salt

Directions
Heat oven to 250 degrees F.

Soak beans in a plastic container overnight in just enough cold water to submerge
them completely.

Place a cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat and stir in the bacon, onion, and
jalapenos until enough fat has rendered from the bacon to soften the onions, about
5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste, dark brown sugar, and molasses.

Drain the beans and reserve the soaking liquid. Add the drained beans to the Dutch
oven. Place the soaking liquid in a measuring cup and add enough vegetable broth
to equal 4 cups of liquid. Add the liquid to the Dutch oven and bring to a boil

over high heat. Add in cayenne, black pepper and salt. Give them a stir and cover
with the lid. Place the Dutch oven in the oven for 6 to 8 hours, or until the
beans are tender.