Uncle Bobs Bourbon Baked Beans Recipes

BOURBON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Combine beans and remaining ingredients in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 2 hours.
• 2. Uncover and cook to desired consistency.
• 3. Serve with a slotted spoon.
• 4. NOTE: To make strong coffee, dissolve 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules in 1/2 cup hot water.

NANNY'S BOURBON-BAKED BEANS (RACHAEL RAY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat and cook bacon until fat begins to render out.
• Add onion and cook 1 minute.
• Add mustard, molasses, sugar and chutney and heat through.
• Add pepper to taste.
• Stir in beans then pour mixture into a large, lightly greased baking dish.
• Bake 30 minutes covered.
• Remove from oven and stir in bourbon.
• Bake uncovered 15-20 minutes longer until beans are bubbly and thick.

THE BEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned and crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the paprika and toast, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add the tomato sauce, molasses, bourbon, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.
• Add the beans and 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, then cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Bake until the beans are tender, about 3 hours. (If the beans are still slightly firm, continue cooking, stirring every 45 minutes and adding more water if necessary to just cover.)
• Once the beans are tender, uncover and increase the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake until the beans are thick and browned, about 1 more hour. (Again, if the beans need more time, continue cooking, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary.) Remove from the oven and thin with water if necessary.

SWEET BOURBON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Cook bacon until crisp, drain and set aside, saving bacon drippings.
• Saute onions in bacon drippings.
• In a bowl, mix the beans together with the onions, mustard, molasses, sugar, bourbon, chili sauce and cinnamon. Add the bacon bits and fold in gently.
• Pour into a 2 quart bean pot or casserole.
• Bake covered for 40 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

UNCLE BOB'S BOURBON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight. Drain and rinse. Turn into a large pot with tight fitting lid and cover with water; bring to boil then immediately reduce to simmer. Add two slices bacon, quartered onion and cook for 2 hours. About ½ hour before beans are tender (at 1½ hours), add 1 Tbsp. salt and ½ tsp baking soda. Stir until foaming subsides. The baking soda will rise up and threaten to overflow the pot. Continue to simmer another ½ hour. Drain and reserve liquid.
• Heat oven to 325º F. Set out a 9" x 13" baking dish. (For large gatherings, I use the disposable aluminum pans.)
• Cut each remaining slice of bacon in half or quarters; set aside.
• In sauce pan, combine ketchup, bbq sauce, maple syrup, bourbon, dark brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper and 2 cups of the cooking liquid drained from beans. Over medium heat, bring to a low boil and cook, stirring, until well combined.
• Pour beans in a 9"x 13" baking dish. Pour sauce mixture over beans, distribute chopped onion evenly over the top, and lay on remaining slices of bacon, each strip cut into halves or quarters. Cover with foil, folding one corner back to vent and bake at 325° for 1½ hours. Add more cooking liquid as necessary to keep beans from drying out.
• Remove foil and continue baking approx. 30 minutes or until bacon is brown and excess liquid has been cooked out.