By Melissa Clark
- Total Time
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- Rating
- 4(95)
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Ingredients
Yield:4 servings
- 1pound dry white beans, like navy, pea or cannellini (see note)
- 2whole cloves
- 1small onion, halved lengthwise and peeled
- 2garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- 1bay leaf
- 1teaspoon salt, more to taste
- ¼cup ketchup
- ¼cup molasses
- 3tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1½teaspoons dry mustard powder
- ¼teaspoon Tabasco sauce, or to taste
- ¼teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 6slices thick-cut bacon
- Chopped red onion, for garnish
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
356 calories; 17 grams fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 7 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 39 grams carbohydrates; 7 grams dietary fiber; 26 grams sugars; 13 grams protein; 522 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
Step
1
Cover beans with water to top them by 2 inches and refrigerate overnight, or bring to boil in water to cover, cool 1 hour.
Step
2
Drain and rinse beans. Put them in a pot. Stick whole cloves into onion halves and add to pot along with garlic and bay leaf. Cover with enough water to top them by 1 inch. Simmer beans, partly covered, until just tender, about 1 to 2 hours depending upon age and size of beans; do not overcook. Add boiling water if beans look dry during cooking; they should be surrounded by just a little liquid.
Step
3
Remove onion, cloves, garlic (if desired) and bay leaf from pot. Stir in the salt.
Step
4
In a small bowl, mix together ketchup, molasses, vinegar, mustard powder, Tabasco and pepper. Pour mixture into beans and stir well. Add a slice of bacon to pot and bring everything to a simmer. Let simmer over low heat until beans are thickened, about 30 to 45 minutes. Remove bacon slice, if desired. Season with more salt if needed.
Step
5
Just before serving, reheat beans, if necessary. Fry remaining bacon in large skillet and drain on paper-towel-lined plate. Transfer beans to heated gratin dish or baking pan and top with bacon and red onion. Serve hot.
Tip
- You can substitute three 15-ounce cans of white beans, if desired. Put them, with their liquid, in a pot and simmer with the ketchup, molasses, vinegar, mustard, Tabasco, pepper and bacon as directed in Step 4. Serve as above.
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Kim
A similar recipe has been in my family for at least 3 generations. We sauté the onions before adding. Add Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar as well as the other ingredients, but no Tabasco. Bacon is optional. Very easy cheater recipe for baked beans. Easier with canned kidney and canned pea beans, or any canned beans to your liking.o
Eva Santos-Phillips
I used the short-cut method to make these beans. I used 2 cans instead of 3 of the beans, but the same amount of ingredients for the sauce--it came out very well. We enjoyed eating them accompanying Brats with saurkraut and a side of carrot salad. It was most satisfying.
GrandB
Something like this has been in my family too. However we start with good Ole canned baked beans & soften onion in bacon fat , add the special mixture of brown sugar, Ketchup,dried mustard, Worcestershire sauce heat all in a skillet then put into baking dish & slow bake in 300 oven till consistency is less runny Delicious
way too spicy
step 4 with a can of white beans, good will do baked beans, used 2T ketchup and halved the rest also inc 1 tsp colemans wet mustard, no tabasco used dash sriracha
jimp
I used canned beans and cooked it in a pressure cooker for about 12 mins, 20 min start to finish. It was great.
Kim
A similar recipe has been in my family for at least 3 generations. We sauté the onions before adding. Add Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar as well as the other ingredients, but no Tabasco. Bacon is optional. Very easy cheater recipe for baked beans. Easier with canned kidney and canned pea beans, or any canned beans to your liking.o
Regina
I used pinto beans. It was good! Had it with hot dogs for July 4th.
K
As short cuts go this is a very good one. Started with dry beans and proceeded from there. But after cooking everything as directed I still had to put the pot into the oven at 250F for another hour to create any semblance of baked beans, faux or otherwise.
Eva Santos-Phillips
I used the short-cut method to make these beans. I used 2 cans instead of 3 of the beans, but the same amount of ingredients for the sauce--it came out very well. We enjoyed eating them accompanying Brats with saurkraut and a side of carrot salad. It was most satisfying.
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