Dutch Baked Beans Food

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH HOME BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans over night in cold water.
• Drain,and add 1 1/2 quarts fresh water,and the onion and cook slowly until the skins on the beans burst.
• Drain and save the liquid.
• Mix molasses, sasoning and catsup with 1 cup of the liquid.
• Put half the salt pork or bacon in bottom of bean pot or baking dish.
• Add the beans and top with remainder of pork or bacon.
• Pour molasses mixture over beans, and add more liquid just to cover the beans.
• Bake covered for 5 hours in slow oven(300 degrees). Uncover for the last 30 minutes. Add water if necessary while cooking.

DUTCH "BAKED" BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon until not quite done; drain and set aside. (Bacon should not be brittle.)
• Saute onions in 2 or 3 tablespoons bacon fat.
• Take 1 can of beans and rinse and drain well; use other can as is.
• Pour the unstrained can into large frying pan. Add brown sugar; stir until sugar is melted. Add onions and rest of the beans.
• Chop bacon; add to mixture, along with catsup, spices and salt.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

DUTCH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight or at least 8 hours. Drain beans, put in dutch oven and cover with clean hot water. When beans start to cook, scum off and add salt. Cook slow til almost done. Put in casserole dish.
• Add: Sugar.
• Mustard.
• Vinegar.
• Bacon grease.
• Stir until sugar and grease dissolve. Sprinkle with pepper, Add strips of bacon on top and Bake at 350 for about 1 hour or until bacon is brown.

THE ONCE AND FUTURE BEANS

Steps:

• 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.

CHEF JOHN'S BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak navy beans overnight in a large bowl with enough water by several inches. Drain and place beans into a large Dutch oven or heavy pot with 6 cups water, baking soda, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and boil for 10 minutes. Drain, saving bean-cooking liquid.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Transfer beans into clean Dutch oven and stir bacon, onion, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper into beans. Pour enough of the hot reserved bean liquid in to cover beans; stir.
• Cover Dutch oven and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Check liquid level and add more of the reserved bean liquid to bring liquid up to cover beans. Return to oven and continue baking until beans are tender and almost all the liquid has been absorbed, about 1 hour.
• Raise oven heat to 350; bake beans uncovered in oven until top develops a flavorful crust, 20 to 30 more minutes.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fry or microwave bacon until crisp.
• Drain and crumble when cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drain and rinse beans.
• Combine beans and the rest of ingredients in a baking dish.
• Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until bubbly.

BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Prepare beans: Rinse well and discard any stones or shriveled beans.
• Soak beans in water in a 5 quart Dutch oven, using the overnight or quick soak method.
• Overnight Method: Cover each cup of dried beans with 3 cups of water; let stand for a minimum of 12 hours.
• Quick Soak Method: Add beans to boiling water, allowing 3 cups of water for each cup of beans, bring back to the boil and boil for 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover and leave for an hour, then cook in same water.
• Bring mixture to a boil, add salt, reduce heat, cover and simmer for an hour.
• Stir in molasses and next 3 ingredients.
• Stud the onion with the cloves; tuck onion & ham bone (or salt pork) into the beans.
• Cover and bake in a 250F oven for about 7 hours; check & stir about once an hour.
• Add more water to keep beans moist but not too wet OR remove lid to thicken mixture through evaporation; it all depends on your preference for thick or runny!
• Discard cloves, chop onion and return to mixture.
• Remove meat from ham bone (or cut salt pork into pieces, discarding fat) and return to mixture.

ANNIE'S AWARD-WINNING BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fill a large pot 3/4 full with water. Use a sharp knife to cut 3 or 4 slits evenly spaced through skin on ham hocks. Add ham hocks, onion, celery, bay leaves, garlic, liquid smoke, basil, thyme, sage, salt, and pepper to the water and bring to a good boil for 1 hour.
• Add beans to the pot. Return to a boil and cook gently until beans are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Check liquid level often and add more water if necessary.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels. Transfer bacon to a large bowl and add onion.
• Use a slotted spoon to dip beans and ham hocks out of the water and into a 9x13-inch baking pan. Reserve liquid from the beans. Clean all meat off of the ham hocks, discard bones, and add meat to the bowl with the bacon and onions.
• Mix in pineapple, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir in steak sauce, good steak sauce, and garlic. Add liquid smoke, salt, and black pepper; mix until completely incorporated. Fold in bacon mixture. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Pour bean mixture into the baking pan and add some reserved bean liquid over beans if necessary.
• Bake in the preheated oven until beans are hot and bubbly all around the edges, about 30 minutes.