Photo: The Once and Future Beans Recipe
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.
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By kelly.mctague_1...
mckinney, TX
on March 31, 2013
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These turned out good... I ended up saving to boil them for about 45 minutes stirring often as I was running out of time... I think next time I try any baked bean recipe I will cook on low overnight as mt beans never to get soft enough for my liking. This had great flavor
By jwls14_1233455
Denver, CO
on February 22, 2013
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What a great recipe. It was snowing yesterday and I had a craving for baked beans. I did not want to go to the store so I had to make a few changes - less bacon and no peppers. Every thing else was just as written. I can not stop eating them cold this morning straight from the fridge.
One other change for Colorado. I used dried pinto beans as that is what I had and cooked them in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes - then only 2 hours in the oven. Beans with NEVER fully cook here, even when soaked over night.
By clb2004
on January 28, 2013
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I will NEVER buy canned baked beans again. This was so crazy tasty. MAde it for a BBQ and there was not a scrap left. :
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