Real Old Fashion Oven Baked Beans Food

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.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, well covered with cold water.
• Pour off soaking water and pick over beans to remove any bad ones, or debris.
• Put beans in a pot.
• Cover with fresh cold water and add 1 tsp. baking soda.
• Bring to a boil and cook until skins of beans crack when you take one out on a spoon and blow on it.
• Cut onion in quarters and put in bottom of a bean crock or large casserole.
• Add the partially cooked beans.
• Put cut up salt pork on top.
• (Some people use the salt pork fat. I don't like fat, so I prefer to use the salt pork meat.) Combine brown sugar, molasses, mustard and salt with 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
• Pour over the beans.
• Add more boiling water, if needed, to come just to the top of the beans.
• Also, if needed during baking tme, add more boiling water.
• Bake, covered, at 300 degrees F for 6 hours, or until beans are tender.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, bring beans, salt and 2 qt. water to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans and discard liquid. Return beans to pan. Cover with remaining water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender. Drain, reserving liquid. In a greased 2-1/2 qt. baking dish, combine beans, 1 cup liquid, onion, molasses, bacon, brown sugar, mustard and pepper. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until beans are as thick as desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Add more of the reserved cooking liquid if needed.

BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in cold water. Simmer the beans in the same water until tender, approximately 1 to 2 hours. Drain and reserve the liquid.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Arrange the beans in a 2 quart bean pot or casserole dish by placing a portion of the beans in the bottom of dish, and layering them with bacon and onion.
• In a saucepan, combine molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour over beans. Pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans. Cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 3 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until beans are tender. Remove the lid about halfway through cooking, and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a medium-size kettle, cover with water, and soak for 2 hours.
• Drain beans. Add enough fresh water to cover.
• Cover the kettle, bring to a boil; and then simmer until the beans are tender, about 45 minutes. Do not drain!
• Mix in the remaining ingredients.
• Place the entire contents of the kettle in oven-proof pot with a lid.
• Bake in a bean pot for 3 hours at 350°F oven, stir occasionally. If they look a little dry, add some water as needed.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Bring 10 cups water and navy beans to a boil in a large pot; cook at a boil for 2 minutes. Stir bacon, onion, brown sugar, molasses, and salt into the water.
• Carefully pour the mixture into a slow cooker.
• Cook on High, stirring occasionally, for 4 hours.
• Stir 3 cups water into the mixture. Continue cooking until beans are tender, about 2 hours 15 minutes more.

JD'S OLD FASHION BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Wash the beans, and drain.
• Place them in a large bowl, and cover them with water.
• Allow them to soak overnight, In the morning, place half the beans in a crockery bean pot.
• Bury the pork in the beans.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and add to the pot.
• Cover with the remaining beans and the other half of the salt pork.
• Bake at 300 for 6 - 7 hours stirring occassionally.