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Slow Cooker Bourbon Baked Beans

Here's how you make Slow Cooker Bourbon Baked Beans
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  • Servings: 9
  • Prep: 8h
  • Cook: 12h
    • The following recipe serves 9 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound dry beans (Great Northern beans or navy beans -- do not use canned!)
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup bourbon
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup barbeque sauce (I made my own sweet and sticky BBQ sauce)
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup diet Coke (or can use water)
  • 1/3 cup ketchup (heaping or a scant 1/2 cup)
  • 1/4 cup mustard (such as French's prepared yellow mustard)
  • 1/4 cup molasses (use mild/light/medium NOT the dark/robust/blackstrap)
  • 1/4 cup oil (extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable or canola oil)
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (NOTE FOR VEGANS -- omit if keeping vegan, or substitute with Bragg's Liquid Aminos)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • Cayenne pepper (to your heat level)
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: Rinse and sort the dry beans in a colander over the sink.

  • Step 2: Add beans to a large pot and cover with 9-10 cups water. Let the beans soak about 8 hours (For a time-saver use the 1 hour rapid soak method. Bring beans and 8 cups water to a boil. Allow beans to boil rapidly for 3 minutes, uncovered. Shut the heat off, cover the pot, and let stand for 1 hour -- either the overnight soak method or the 1 hour rapid soak method, drain soaking water and rinse beans well under running water in a colander over the sink.

  • Step 3: Transfer the soaked beans back to the pot. Cover with 6 cups water, and allow to simmer on low heat for about 45 minutes, or until quite tender but not really soft (only cook about 75% of the way as they will be transferred to a slow cooker where they'll cook for 12 hours so you don't want them or need them to be totally done and very soft or they shouldn't be overly hard either --taste a few beans, you'll know when you bite into them).

  • Step 4: While beans are simmering, combine chopped onion with all remaining ingredients in the slow cooker until very well combined

  • Step 5: After beans are about done cooking 75% drain then add them to the slow cooker. Stir until combined with all the ingredients.

  • Step 6: Cover and cook on low heat for about 10 hours (start checking at about 8 hours), or until beans are tender, the sauce has thickened and reduced dramatically, the flavor is concentrated (If after 10 hours your sauce is still liquidy or on the thin side, remove the lid, increase the heat to the highest setting, and cook uncovered until thickened to desired level (please note all slow cookers cook differently so you may need more of less cooking time).

  • Step 7: Serve immediately.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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