Mikes Baked Beans Food

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the dried beans in a pot of water covered by a few inches of water and let soak overnight. Drain the beans, place them back in the pot with fresh water and bring to a boil. Simmer for one hour, then drain, reserving the liquid. See NOTE.
• In a Dutch oven or other oven-proof pot fry the bacon until crispy then add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.Stir in the tomato sauce, molasses, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and bay leaf.Add 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean water and the beans.Bring everything to a simmer for a minute or two to heat it up. In the meantime preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the Dutch oven with the lid on to the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 2 to 3 hours or until the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened, removing the lid during the last 20-30 minutes to help the sauce thicken. NOTE: If at any point during the cooking process too much liquid evaporates and the beans get dry, add a little more of the reserved bean water. The beans themselves can vary from batch to batch and you may end up either needing to add more liquid if the beans are too dry or you may need to bake the beans longer with the lid off if there is too much liquid. Adjust as needed.Add more salt the pepper to taste.Serve immediately or let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be reheated on the stovetop or in the microwave.
• SLOW COOKER METHOD: Follow steps 1 and 2 and then pour everything into the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours or until the beans are tender. Open the lid for the last 30 minutes or longer until the sauce has thickened. If the beans are too thick at any point and too much liquid has evaporated, stir in a little extra water.

MIKE KEY'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, stir all ingredients together except the bacon. Mix thoroughly.
• 2. Turn into a lightly greased 13x9x2" baking pan. Lay the raw bacon strips on top of the beans.
• 3. Bake in a pre-heated 375-degree oven for 1 hour, uncovered. Stir several times to blend flavors.
• 4. Here is Michael Key, Dianna's husband, who makes these wonderful baked beans.

EASY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until bubbly.

MIKE'S MOM'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Cook & chop bacon.
• Cook chopped onions & green peppers in leftover grease.
• Combine bacon, onions, peppers, beans (drained--except the pork n beans), & all other ingredients; mix well.
• Por into large or deep baking dish & bake 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and add cubes of cream cheese to top of mixture.
• Bake for another 10 minutes.

MIKE'S SWEET BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, drain and discard water.
• Add beans and cold water to soup pot and simmer slowly till beans are tender, about an hour to 1 and 1/2 hours.
• Drain beans.
• Add all ingredients, but boiling water to greased bean pot.
• Top with boiling water by about an inch.
• Bake at 250 for 3-5 hours.
• Stir occaisionaly.

MIKE'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• The night before you want to serve the baked beans, carefully sort through the pkgs. of dry beans for small stones.
• Soak the beans in a large pot of water overnight. The beans will swell to at least twice their size, so make sure there is enough water in the pot to keep the beans underwater.
• The next day, drain the beans, refill the pot with water, and boil the beans until they are tender and not in the least chewy.
• While the beans are cooking, dice the bacon and place into another pot to cook. Cook until crisp, and drain all but 2T of the fat.
• Dice the onions and add to the pot with the bacon fat. Stir in the crisp bacon and and cook until the onions are carmelized, making sure to stir frequently so the bacon doesn't stick and burn.
• When the beans are tender, drain off all the water, return them to the pot and add the bacon and onions. Stir in the ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, molasses, hot sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Cut the kielbasa into thin coins and and stir into the beans.
• Spray a large roasting pan with non-stick spray, pour in the beans, and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minute to one hour.

MARY'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the bacon to a large skillet and fry over medium heat until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and remove all but 4 tablespoons bacon fat from the skillet.
• Add the beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard and onions to an 8-by-8-inch casserole dish. Add in the bacon fat from the skillet. Lay the reserved bacon strips on top of the bean mixture. Bake until heated through, 30 to 45 minutes.

MIKE MILLS' TANGY PIT BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, mix together mustard, ketchup, onion, bell pepper, brown sugar, sorghum or honey and spices. Stir until smooth. Add beans and stir gently until combined, being careful not to smash the beans too much.
• Pour into a 9x13 pan. Lay bacon strips over the top, or sprinke pulled pork evenly over the top. If using ribs, remove and shred the meat, then sprinkle over the beans. Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes, or until bubbly. Serve hot. Keeps refrigerated up to 1 week, or frozen up to 1 month.

WICKED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Crisp bacon in a skillet, remove, leaving grease in skillet.
• Saute' bell pepper, jalapeno,and onion until tender.
• Combine all ingredients. If mixture looks drier than desired, add additional ketchup.
• Pour into a 12x9 aluminum baking pan, or deep 9x9.(We like to use disposables).
• Smoke @ 225*-250* for 2 1/2 hours uncovered.
• Remove to oven and bake 1 hour @ 350*, or until beans reach a temp of 160*.
• Note: Between the peppers and the mustard, these beans are on the warm side. If desired, adjust the heat up or down with peppers, and mustard.