Maine Baked Beans Recipes

BEAN-HOLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight in cold water.
• In the morning, drain the water.
• Preheat the oven to 300°F.
• In a heavy bottomed pot, bring the beans to a boil and let them simmer for 15 minutes. Drain the beans in a colander.
• In an oven safe pot, like a dutch oven or bean pot, layer the ingredients: half of the chopped onions, half of the parboiled beans, another layer of onions, the strips of pork, followed by the mustard and the rest of the beans. Drizzle the molasses and maple syrup on top. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add extra slices of onions on top if desired.
• Top with boiling water until beans are just covered.

MAINE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Pick over the beans and soak them overnight in cold water.
• In the morning drain and then boil them in fresh water until the skins crack when blown upon.
• Quarter the onion and place in the bottom of Crock pot.
• Add the beans.
• Cut through the rind of the salt pork and place pork on top of the beans.
• Mix the sugar, molasses, mustard and pepper with 1 pint of boiling water.
• Pour this over the beans. Add more water to almost cover beans.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours or if pressed for time, turn on high for a while and then turn down to low until done.

MAINE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Rinse beans and pick over to make sure there are no stones. Place in large bowl and cover with water (at least 1" above beans). Let sit overnight.
• 2. In morning, parboil the beans until the skins crack when blown upon (maybe 10-15 minutes).
• 3. Cut onion into quarters and place in bottom of bean pot or a 4 quart casserole. Drain beans and pour over onion. Slice salt pork and lay on top of beans.
• 4. Mix sugar, molasses, mustard, pepper and salt with 2 cups of boiling water. Pour over pork and beans. If necessary, add more boiling water until beans are covered.
• 5. Bake, covered at 300 deg F for 6 hours, adding more boiling water as the beans cook (if necessary.
• 6. Serve with steamed brown bread or corn bread. NOTE: Beans can be cooked in crockpot but will be a bit more soupy. Not a bad thing. Just different. BEANS: Jacob's cattle beans are the best and I usually order 10# at a time online. They're worth it. May also use kidney beans, red beans or navy beans (my least favorite).