Re: Who else makes baked beans ???
Morning of day 2.
Drain soaking water and discard. Add beans to a medium size pot. Cover by 3 cm with FRESH BOTTLED water. Bring to a quick boil, skim off any foam and REDUCE heat to a steaming heat BUT just barely simmering. Cover and cook at a very gentle pace. (Boiling is bad ). for aprox 2 hours. Turn heat off. COVER TIGHTLY and let rest for 4-5 hours.
IMPORTANT TIP: When you suspect your beans are completely softened, spoon out several heaping dinner spoonful and eat then all. beans can be tricky. I can't tell you how many times I have thought that all of them were completely cooked only to discover later that a few of those little buggers were still hard. So eat 3 spoonful. That will tell you for certain that they are ALL completely soft.
1.) Chop up 1 cup of yellow onions, with a touch of oil, saute onions until a light golden brown . VERY, VERY important. Add to beans.
2.) chop up 1 full cup of streaky bacon and saute until completely done. Add bacon and grease to the beans.
3.) Add the following to the beans:
1/2 cup of Heinz Ketchup
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 tsp of yellow prepared mustard (like the kind you put on hot dogs.)
2 TBLSP of molasses
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp powdered garlic
1 tsp of fresh grated ginger
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp Wrights liquid smoke
turn heat back on. Cover and at a bare simmer cook for 3+1/2 hour. Check the liquid level occasionally. What you are doing at this stage is to marinate the beans with the seasonings.
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