Jens Baked Beans Food

JEN'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In an ovenproof Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings., Return bacon to pan. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Place in oven; bake, covered, 50-60 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Freeze option: Freeze cooled baked beans in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary.

THE BEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned and crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the paprika and toast, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add the tomato sauce, molasses, bourbon, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.
• Add the beans and 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, then cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Bake until the beans are tender, about 3 hours. (If the beans are still slightly firm, continue cooking, stirring every 45 minutes and adding more water if necessary to just cover.)
• Once the beans are tender, uncover and increase the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake until the beans are thick and browned, about 1 more hour. (Again, if the beans need more time, continue cooking, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary.) Remove from the oven and thin with water if necessary.

BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Pick over the beans and wash in cold water; rinse.
• Cover with cold water and let soak over night.
• Drain.
• In the morning, put in a pan and cover with water and parboil till the skins crack and roll up when you blow on them (30-35 minutes or so).
• Place onion in the bottom of the bean pot and add the beans saving some of the bean juice to mix with the rest of the ingredients.
• Mix the minced onion, sugar, molasses, salt, dry mustard, and some of the hot bean juice to make about 1 1/2 cups.
• Pour this over the beans and gently mix.
• If you need more juice, add more of the juice from the pan.
• Scrape and slit the salt pork and put on top of the beans.
• Put the cover on the beanpot and bake at 300 degrees for about 7 hours.
• Add water if necessary to keep the beans covered.

REAL OLD FASHION OVEN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• THE NIGHT BEFORE:.
• Wash & sort beans for any small stones.
• Place in a large kettle & cover with water, about 3 inches above the beans.
• Cover & soak overnight.
• THE NEXT MORNING:.
• Drain & add 6 cups fresh cold water.
• Stir in the baking soda (this helps remove the "music" afterwards, but no guarantees. LOL!).
• Cover & bring to a boil -- WATCH CAREFULLY so as to not boil over!
• Reduce heat & simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain & reserve the bean water.
• Preheat oven to 300°.
• Add remaing ingredients plus 2 cups of the reserved bean water.
• Place everything into the bean pot (or whatever you're using) & cover.
• (Use double-thick aluminum foil to cover if need to.).
• Bake for 3 to 4 hours.
• IMPORTANT: Check every couple of hours, adding more bean water if needed, so the beans don't cook dry.