Dutch Beans Recipes

COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Place 16-18 hot coals as a base for the bottom and place 12 inch Dutch Oven over coals. Allow Dutch Oven to heat up. Once hot add sliced bacon. I like to cut bacon in about 3/4in slices and throw them into the hot Dutch Oven and let them cook stirring as needed
• Remove any excess oil and fat. It's easiest to use a few paper towels to absorb the excess fat.
• Add 1 lb of ground beef to the cooked bacon. I prefer a lean ground sirloin but choose what you prefer.
• Chop ground beef and allow to fully cook. You may need to drain excess fat from the hamburger depending on what you choose.
• Add diced Onion and Diced Bell Pepper. Green Bell Pepper gives a nice bite to this recipe, but Red or Yellow is also a great option! Stir to combine and allow onions and bell pepper to soften for a few minutes.
• Drain Kidney Beans and Navy Beans. Add Kidney, Navy and Pork and Beans to meat mixture.
• Pour Chili Sauce, broth, and Yellow Mustard on top.
• Add ham cubes and brown sugar and stir to combine.
• Cover with lid and add 12-14 hot coals on top of Dutch Oven
• Stir every 15 minutes and cook for 60-70 minutes.
• In a large skillet on the stove over medium/high heat add bacon slices. I like to cut bacon in 3/4in pieces. Stir as needed until fully cooked.
• Remove excess fat using paper towels to carefully remove.
• Add 1 lb Lean Ground Sirloin to bacon and chop to break up beef. Feel free to use any ground beef. You may need to remove excess fat after cooking.
• Dice Onion and Bell Pepper. Green Bell Pepper gives a nice bite to this recipe, but Red or Yellow is also a great option! Stir to combine and allow onions and bell pepper to soften for a few minutes.
• Pour meat mixture into Slow Cooker or Dutch Oven
• Drain Kidney Beans and Navy Beans. Add Kidney, Navy and Pork and Beans to meat mixture.
• Pour Chili Sauce, broth and Yellow Mustard on top.
• Add ham cubes and brown sugar and stir to combine.
• Cover Dutch Oven or Slow Cooker with Lid
• Bake in 350 Degree Pre-heated Oven for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes OR - Use Slow Cooker and set to low for 4 hours.

CHEF JOHN'S BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak navy beans overnight in a large bowl with enough water by several inches. Drain and place beans into a large Dutch oven or heavy pot with 6 cups water, baking soda, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and boil for 10 minutes. Drain, saving bean-cooking liquid.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Transfer beans into clean Dutch oven and stir bacon, onion, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper into beans. Pour enough of the hot reserved bean liquid in to cover beans; stir.
• Cover Dutch oven and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Check liquid level and add more of the reserved bean liquid to bring liquid up to cover beans. Return to oven and continue baking until beans are tender and almost all the liquid has been absorbed, about 1 hour.
• Raise oven heat to 350; bake beans uncovered in oven until top develops a flavorful crust, 20 to 30 more minutes.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the dried beans in a pot of water covered by a few inches of water and let soak overnight. Drain the beans, place them back in the pot with fresh water and bring to a boil. Simmer for one hour, then drain, reserving the liquid. See NOTE.
• In a Dutch oven or other oven-proof pot fry the bacon until crispy then add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.Stir in the tomato sauce, molasses, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and bay leaf.Add 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean water and the beans.Bring everything to a simmer for a minute or two to heat it up. In the meantime preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the Dutch oven with the lid on to the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 2 to 3 hours or until the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened, removing the lid during the last 20-30 minutes to help the sauce thicken. NOTE: If at any point during the cooking process too much liquid evaporates and the beans get dry, add a little more of the reserved bean water. The beans themselves can vary from batch to batch and you may end up either needing to add more liquid if the beans are too dry or you may need to bake the beans longer with the lid off if there is too much liquid. Adjust as needed.Add more salt the pepper to taste.Serve immediately or let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be reheated on the stovetop or in the microwave.
• SLOW COOKER METHOD: Follow steps 1 and 2 and then pour everything into the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours or until the beans are tender. Open the lid for the last 30 minutes or longer until the sauce has thickened. If the beans are too thick at any point and too much liquid has evaporated, stir in a little extra water.

THE ONCE AND FUTURE BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Soak beans in a plastic container overnight in just enough cold water to submerge them completely.
• Place a cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat and stir in the bacon, onion, and jalapenos until enough fat has rendered from the bacon to soften the onions, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste, dark brown sugar, and molasses.
• Drain the beans and reserve the soaking liquid. Add the drained beans to the Dutch oven. Place the soaking liquid in a measuring cup and add enough vegetable broth to equal 4 cups of liquid. Add the liquid to the Dutch oven and bring to a boil over high heat. Add in cayenne, black pepper and salt. Give them a stir and cover with the lid. Place the Dutch oven in the oven for 6 to 8 hours, or until the beans are tender.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH HOME BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans over night in cold water.
• Drain,and add 1 1/2 quarts fresh water,and the onion and cook slowly until the skins on the beans burst.
• Drain and save the liquid.
• Mix molasses, sasoning and catsup with 1 cup of the liquid.
• Put half the salt pork or bacon in bottom of bean pot or baking dish.
• Add the beans and top with remainder of pork or bacon.
• Pour molasses mixture over beans, and add more liquid just to cover the beans.
• Bake covered for 5 hours in slow oven(300 degrees). Uncover for the last 30 minutes. Add water if necessary while cooking.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Fry or microwave bacon until crisp.
• Drain and crumble when cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drain and rinse beans.
• Combine beans and the rest of ingredients in a baking dish.
• Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until bubbly.

DUTCH BEANS

Steps:

• Fry bacon and drain. saute onion in bacon fat, drain most of fat, add vinegar sugar and mustard to onion. Pour over beans. Simmer, stirring occassionally 1 1/2 hours. Add broken up bacon in last 1/2 hour.