Grammy Callahan's Baked Beans
photo by Lavender Lynn
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 6 cups dried navy beans, cleaned and de-stoned
- 1 medium onion (whole, skin removed)
- 1 smoked ham hock
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons salt
directions
- Put cleaned beans in pot, covered with water.
- Set aside(over night) for up to eight hours (Use about 9 cups of water).
- Drain soaking water.
- Add enough water to cover the beans by about an inch.
- Simmer beans for about an hour, or until they are tender, but not fully cooked.
- Drain water off again.
- Mix sugars, molasses, mustard, salt and pepper.
- Mix into beans.
- Add enough water to cover beans.
- Place ham hock and onion down into beans.
- Bake in bean pot, at 250 degrees for about 3 hours.
- Remove onion and ham hock.
- Note: If beans look like they are drying out, just add water as you are cooking.
- *Quick Soak Method: place the beans into a cooking pot, cover them with the three times the volume of water and bring them to a boil on the stove. Boil for about two minutes and then leave them sit off heat for an hour -- in either case, drain off the soaking water before proceeding with the recipe.
- Having a problem with "tough beans" check out my article @ ChefCallahan.com: http://chefcallahan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139:tough-beans&catid=34:chef-blog&Itemid=18.
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Reviews
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One of us thought these a little too sweet, the rest loved them. They did take quite a bit longer to soften and cook than we expected. Nice, rich dark color and a spicy, peppery edge mark them as the Real Deal, and they'd be a great choice for a winter potluck or summer barbecue. Made for Pick A Chef.
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