"Better Then Bush's" Baked Beans
photo by Alice A.
- Ready In:
- 49hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 package great northern bean
- 4 chicken bouillon cubes or 4 beef bouillon cubes
- 1 1⁄4 cups dark brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup molasses
- 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup onion
- 1⁄4 cup garlic powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons mustard powder
- 5 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1⁄2 package hickory smoked thick cut bacon, cut into 1 1/2 inch strips
- 5 cups water, plus 5 cups for second bake
directions
- In a very large sauce pan cover the beans and bouillon cubes in 3 inches of water.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and let sit for 1 1/2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Drain and pour beans into a 9'x11' pan.
- Add the rest over the ingredients, stir, and bake until all the water has evaporated, about 3 hours.
- Remove from oven, cover, and let sit overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add the next 5 cups of water, and bake until all the water has evaporated, about 3 hours.
- Serving suggestions: Challah bread, steak, hamburgers.
Questions & Replies
Reviews
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Very frustrated that the amounts of some main ingredients were not specified in the recipe and now I wish I would have left this recipe alone. I used the amount of beans another cook suggested (2 pounds) which I found to be far too many. The beans took hours longer to cook, a lot more water and the flavor wasn't that great. If you decide to add the amount of beans and bacon to use I will try it again, RockinChef. This information seems pretty important and I'm not sure how everyone else got this to turn out so well.
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Tweaks
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Ok, you guys. This is going to sound really weird, but I just moved back to Louisiana after many years in South America and had Bush's baked beans for the first time in forever. I swear there is guava paste in it. I shouldn't even know what guava paste is, and I wouldn't if I hadn't lived down there for so long... not to mention it seems like a really odd thing to put in baked beans, but I guess an exotic ingredient could make for a nearly uncrackable secret recipe. Does anyone else here know what guava paste tastes like and feel me on this? Please don't let me be the only one! Roll that beautiful bean footage...
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
RockinChef
United States
Hello, My name is Elena Lisben and I live in Stafford, Virginia. I an corrently an actress at the Riverside Dinner Theatre, and love what I am doing. I also love to weightlift, cook, swim, dance, sing, and play with my dog Luther and cat Gigit. Also in my spair time I write hard rock songs and head bang to KoRn, Disturbed, Taproot, Mudvayne, AFI, Audioslave, Adema, and god there are so many more. Well, anyway, I do hope you love my recipes, and if you don't, please tell me what you think I should change. I love to hear what people think about my cooking. :)