Baked Beans
Jul. 9th, 2019 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charisstomaI was hungry for baked beans, it being summer and BBQ in vogue.
I just don't buy canned things much anymore, especially beans, so I made some from scratch.
It's both possible and ok to make them from pinto beans. Trust me. Beans are beans. But I had some small whites/navy beans on hand, and quick boiled them for 5 minutes, let them sit for an hour, and then drained and commenced their REAL cooking, all in lieu of not soaking them overnight.
Baked Beans- Crockpot
I eyeballed about 1 & 1/2 cups of beans, it seemed right for about 1 small can of beans, and what I needed for another recipe.
With 2+ cups of water to cover with 1/2" head room, into the crock pot on high for 3 hours, until tender. I added salt during the last 30 minutes until it tasted right.
Continue to simmer in crock pot, on high.
Add
1/4-1/3 cup diced, smoked bacon
(I just slice off the ends where the fat is.)
1/4 cup minced onion
1 & 1/2 Tablespoons tomato paste
2-3 dashes of Worcestershire Sauce
3 or 4 good grinds of pepper corn
2 Tablespoons of molasses
2 Tablespoons of dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of dry mustard
OPTIONAL-
4 or 5 shakes of hot sauce OR
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
and let that all cook down for as long as there is liquid to keep it from burning. After about an hour from adding the ingredients, it might be good to turn the crock pot down to low.
The aroma drove me a bit nutz this afternoon.
Increase this recipe, depending on your need. And they freeze just fine too. Beans do freeze well.
I just don't buy canned things much anymore, especially beans, so I made some from scratch.
It's both possible and ok to make them from pinto beans. Trust me. Beans are beans. But I had some small whites/navy beans on hand, and quick boiled them for 5 minutes, let them sit for an hour, and then drained and commenced their REAL cooking, all in lieu of not soaking them overnight.
Baked Beans- Crockpot
I eyeballed about 1 & 1/2 cups of beans, it seemed right for about 1 small can of beans, and what I needed for another recipe.
With 2+ cups of water to cover with 1/2" head room, into the crock pot on high for 3 hours, until tender. I added salt during the last 30 minutes until it tasted right.
Continue to simmer in crock pot, on high.
Add
1/4-1/3 cup diced, smoked bacon
(I just slice off the ends where the fat is.)
1/4 cup minced onion
1 & 1/2 Tablespoons tomato paste
2-3 dashes of Worcestershire Sauce
3 or 4 good grinds of pepper corn
2 Tablespoons of molasses
2 Tablespoons of dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of dry mustard
OPTIONAL-
4 or 5 shakes of hot sauce OR
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
and let that all cook down for as long as there is liquid to keep it from burning. After about an hour from adding the ingredients, it might be good to turn the crock pot down to low.
The aroma drove me a bit nutz this afternoon.
Increase this recipe, depending on your need. And they freeze just fine too. Beans do freeze well.
