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Boston Baked Beans

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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: /30m
  • Cook: 8h
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups navy beans (dried, washed and drained)
  • 6 cups water
  • 1/4 pound salt pork (lean)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup light molasses
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large pan, cover the beans with the water and soak overnight.

  • Step 2: Bring to a boil and let boil 2 minutes, then lower heat and cook until tender, replacing water as needed to keep beans covered.

  • Step 3: Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees F.

  • Step 4: Drain beans, reserving the liquid, and put beans in a 2-quart bean pot.

  • Step 5: Cut through pork rind about every 1/2 inch, cutting 1 inch deep but not all the way through.

  • Step 6: Bury the pork and the whole, unchopped onion in the beans, leaving some of the pork exposed.

  • Step 7: Mix 1 cup of the reserved bean liquid with the salt, molasses, mustard and sugar, and pour over the beans. Add liquid enough to cover beans.

  • Step 8: Cover the pot and bake 6-8 hours, uncovering pot for the last hour.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • 2-quart bean pot

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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