How to Make Boston Baked Beans ~ A New England Saturday Tradition!
Let this native New Englander show you how simple it is to make real Boston Baked Beans, just as they have been made since Colonial days, and I'll even show you a couple of favorite New England variations.
RECIPE:
Boston Baked Beans
1 lb. dried Navy, Soldier, Pea, or other favorite beans.
6 Tbs. brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup Grandma's dark molasses
2 tsp. dry Coleman's mustard
1 tsp. salt
1 medium onion, chopped coarsely
4-6 oz. fat salt pork belly, scored crosswise to rind in 1/2 inch squares. Do not cut through rind. Hint: pork cuts easier if frozen.
DIRECTIONS:
Pick over beans for defects or stones, wash, and soak overnight in 1-1/2 gallons water.
In morning, parboil about 25 minutes. Skins will crack open when blown upon. Do not add any salt.
Remove beans with slotted spoon to crock, but reserve the liquid, which will be needed throughout cooking for replenishment.
Add remaining ingredients and stir in enough of the reserved liquid generously to completely cover. Place pork on top of beans with the cut pork belly side down, with rind facing up.
Cover with crockery lid or cover loosely with foil. Do not seal tightly.
Check at least every 90 minutes and don't allow beans to dry out. Replenish with reserved parboil water as needed during cooking to maintain liquid.
Bake at 275° F for six hours, or until tender.
NOTE: Kidney, yellow-eye and certain others require longer cooking times at increased temperature of 300°.
Boston Baked Beans
Traditional Boston Baked Beans, small white beans (I use Great Northern Beans) slow-cooked in the oven with molasses, salt pork, black pepper, mustard and onions until they form a thick stew rich with a deep color and caramelized crust.
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**Note**: Ah, so many comments about the dull knife. Yes, using a dull knife if dangerous, so DON'T do what I did. I have since been given a new set of knives.
Ingredients:
For a 4 QT Dutch Over or Beanpot
2 packages (2 pounds) of any Small White Beans (Navy, Great Northern)
3 Tablespoons Brown or White Sugar
2 Onions (small to medium), peeled
1½ teaspoon Dry Mustard
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ pound Salt Pork
1 cup Molasses (I use Grandma's Molasses) it comes in original and robust (I use the robust)
2 teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoon Pepper
Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans Recipe
This Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans recipe is everything baked beans should be: thick, saucy, savory with a touch of sweet. This recipe serves 12 and costs just $5.67 to make.
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New England Baked Beans
I'm making Maine style baked beans today! You ask what makes them Maine style? We use Soldier beans not Navy beans as most recipes call for. A touch of my homemade maple syrup gives them a bit of sweetness. Thick molasses adds that deep savory flavor that we are accustom too in a New England, Boston Baked bean flavor. Soldier Beans, Salt Pork and Onions baked in a bean crock for 8 hours. The entire house smelt of goodness. There's nothing like home cooked food.
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Boston Baked Beans-Slowcooker. The best slowcooker Boston Baked Beans, New England Style Breakfast
This is a no hassle easy tutorial on how to make slowcooker Boston Baked Beans. Set this and forget this. Anyone can make these and you don't even need a bean pot. Special shout out to USS Constitution.
Traditional Boston Baked Beans
1 lb Navy Beans 1/3 cup molasses
6 cups water 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 lb salt pork, cut in 1/2 inch pieces 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 small onion, peeled
Soak beans overnight with the 6 cups of water in a large kettle. The next day add the 1/2 tsp baking soda to the beans. Place over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Drain beans in a colander set over a large bowl and reserve the liquid. Put the salt pork, onions and beans in a stoneware bean pot or a casserole dish. In a small bowl combine the molasses, sugar, dry mustard and pepper. Stir in 1 cup of the reserves liquid, then stir this mixture into the beans. Add enough of the reserved liquid to cover the beans-about 1 cup. Cover the casserole/beanpot and bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours. Thoroughly stir in the remaining cup of reserved liquid, cover and bake another 1-1/2 to 2 hours until the beans are tender and the liquid is absorbed.
Serves 8 Traditional New England Style Baked Beans. This comforting, homey dish is delightfully flavored with salt pork molasses, onion, dry mustard and sugar. Boston baked beans have been made this way for centuries and never contain even a hint of tomato! They are the perfect picnic food and pair well with grilled chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs or just served up with a side of cornbread!