All-American Baked Beans

markinhouston

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All-American Baked Beans

This recipe is from "The New Basics" and it

is a super side dish for BBQ.

Ingredients:

1 pound dried navy or Great Northern beans

8 oz. slab smoked bacon, cut into 1/4" cubes

1 cup chopped onions

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 & 1/2 cups (packed) dark brown sugar

2 cups ketchup

6 T. maple syrup (I use Steen's Cane Syrup)

6 T. dark molasses

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Rinse and pick through the beans. Soak them

overnight in a large pot of water.

Rinse the soaked beans well under cold water

and place them in a heavy saucepan. Cover

with water and bring to a boil. Reduce the

heat and simmer until tender, 45 minutes to

an hour. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

Place a 2-quart flameproof casserole or

Dutch oven over medium heat and saute bacon

until slightly crisp and fat is rendered,

about 5 minutes. Add the onions and garlic,

and cook until wilted, 5 to 10 minutes.

Add the brown sugar and stir over medium-low

heat until it has dissolved, about 5 minutes.

Then stir in the ketchup, syrup, molasses,

Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Add the

drained beans and mix well.

Cover the casserole and transfer it to the

oven. Bake, stirring occasionally (making

sure you scrape the bottom of the casserole),

for 2 & 1/2 hours.

Add 3/4 cup of the reserved bean liquid,

recover, and bake 30 minutes. Then remove the

cover and bake until the sauce is thick and

syrupy, another 10 to 15 minutes, stirring

once. Serve hot.

 
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