Baked Brown Beans Light Recipes

BAKED BROWN BEANS (LIGHT)

Steps:

• Rinse the navy beans. No need to presoak for either cooking method below.
• 1a) Pressure cooker (recommended): Put them in a pressure cooker along with the 10 cups of water, oil, and bay leaves. Put them right in -- as in, not in a steamer basket. Cook on high for 35 minutes. (In a Nutricook™, use the starch setting.) If the beans aren't soft after 35 minutes, bring them back up to pressure for another 5 minutes or so.
• OR
• 1b) If you don't have a pressure cooker, put the dried beans in a pot on stove with the water and bay leaves (omit oil), cover, bring to a boil, then reduce to a slow simmer. Let cook for around 2 hours until the beans are soft.
• When the beans are cooked, right away reserve 2 cups (500 ml) of the cooking water. Drain the beans. You can freeze the rest of the broth in a tub as a rich tasting, healthy stock for future cooking (recommended), or discard.
• Assemble in your slow cooker the 2 cups (500 ml) of bean stock, and all the remaining ingredients from the onion down to and including the Kitchen Bouquet. Stir to mix, then add the drained beans. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours, or on high for 2 hours.

BROWN BEANS

Steps:

• Pick over the beans, rinse them, and place them in a large bowl with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and enough water to cover by 3 or 4 inches. Allow the beans to soak overnight.
• The next day, drain and rinse the beans, and place them in a large pot. Stir in the chicken broth, ham hock, black pepper, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and reduce the heat to a simmer.
• Simmer the beans over low heat for 4 hours, adding water occasionally if needed to keep the soupy consistency. Remove the ham hock before serving.

BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in cold water. Simmer the beans in the same water until tender, approximately 1 to 2 hours. Drain and reserve the liquid.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Arrange the beans in a 2 quart bean pot or casserole dish by placing a portion of the beans in the bottom of dish, and layering them with bacon and onion.
• In a saucepan, combine molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour over beans. Pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans. Cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 3 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until beans are tender. Remove the lid about halfway through cooking, and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.

GRANDMA BROWN'S BEANS

Steps:

• add 1 teaspoon baking soda to 6 cups water.
• bring water to a boil.
• sort through beans for debris.
• add navy beans to water.
• boil 10 minutes.
• turn off heat.
• cover pot.
• let sit overnight.
• rinse beans well.
• add beans and all other ingredients to oven proof pot with tight fitting lid.
• stir well.
• add water until beans are just covered.
• cover pot with lid.
• bake 5 to 6 hours at 300°F.
• every hour stir and add water to cover if beans are drying out.
• final product should be a thick and not runny.

BROWN SUGAR BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put the bacon in a large, cold skillet and cook over medium heat until the fat renders and the bacon is almost crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add 1 of the cans of beans with their liquid. Drain and rinse the remaining beans, then add them to the skillet. Add the ketchup, sugar, mustard, vinegar, Worcestershire, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a low simmer, then transfer to a small baking dish. Bake uncovered until thickened and bubbly, about 50 minutes. Serve warm.