It's that time of year when baked beans are the side dish of choice. Nothing goes better with barbecue ribs than a spoonful of sweet-smoky beans.
Put down the can of Pork n' Beans...these are easily made from scratch!
Simple Baked Beans
Adapted from Real Simple
Serves eight
4 ounces sliced bacon, cut into 1/2" pieces
1 onion, chopped
Kosher salt and black pepper
1 pound dried navy beans, soaked in water over night and drained
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon dry mustard
2 Tablespoons cider vinegar
Heat oven to 300o F. Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until nearly crisp, 5-7 minutes. Add the onion, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft, 4 to 6 minutes more.
Add the beans, molasses, ketchup, sugar, mustard and 5 cups water to the pot and stir to combine, bring to a boil.
Cover the pot and transfer to oven. Bake until the liquid is reduced by half, about 2-1/2 hours. Uncover and bake, stirring once, until the cooking liquid is thickened, 1-1-1/4 hours more. Stir in the vinegar and serve.
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I’m from Texas and have never seen an authentic recipe for baked beans! They sound delicious. Printing and saving this – thanks, Cathy!
This sounds so yummy. totally making them next weekend!
Man. My dad used to make these all the time. Always so good but something I never think to make!
I love baked beans. Your recipe looks delicious, Cathy!
I make something very similar, but with dark maple syrup in place of the brown sugar and some of the molasses.
I seem to only have baked beans around the 4th of July. I need to change that.
If vinegar is not your thing the try using yellow mustard instead. Not sure how much to use, just go by taste. That’s how my mom always use to make them growing up in Texas.
Great recipe! Sadly, I don’t own a dutch oven and also needed my oven for something else, so followed directions up to the boiling point and finished in a crock pot. They came out great.