Ingredients
- 1 pound dried navy beans, picked over and soaked overnight in water to cover
- 1 1/4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 pound salt pork, trimmed and cubed
- 4 ounces chopped bacon
- 1 1/2 cups ketchup
- 1 1/2 cups reserved bean liquid
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon dry (powdered) mustard
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Drain the beans and put them in a pot with 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, salt, and the bay leaves. Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the beans are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the heat and let sit for 5 minutes. Drain the beans and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add the salt pork and bacon and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Add the ketchup, 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean liquid, onions, celery, sugar, mustard, garlic, black pepper, and remaining 1 teaspoon cayenne. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the beans and stir gently to mix. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Transfer the beans to the oven and bake, uncovered, for 2 hours. Remove from the oven and serve hot.
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By curlycew_7903863
Ellington, CT
on August 26, 2011
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The bacon made this recipe. The beans come out of the oven carmelized and the aroma filled my house for two hours. I could not wait to try them and it was worth the wait!! I didn't soak the beans overnight (they don't really need it if you boil them for 1 hour and they were still tender and delicious. I highly recommend this recipe :
By fatsam
on February 05, 2011
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, finally someone that uses fresh beans instead of canned! I love it
By deme_32127_11395914
on January 21, 2011
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I used bacon since I did not have salt pork. I simmered the beans for about and hour and a half I also cut back on the cayenne and bake them covered until the last 30 minutes so they did not dry out. everyone loved them and always ask me to make them when we have get togethers
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