Ann Baughan Beans Recipes

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.

MARY ANN'S HOOSIER BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 360 degrees F.
• Combine beans, onions, brown sugar, mustard, ketchup, salt, and pepper in a large baking dish. Lay bacon strips across top of beans. Squirt ketchup in a zig-zag pattern across the top of beans and bacon. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

ANNE'S AMAZING ROASTED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Toss beans with olive oil in a medium mixing bowl until well coated. Spread beans out on a rimmed baking sheet, or in a roasting pan. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
• Roast in the preheated oven until beans look shriveled and browned, about 20 minutes.
• Remove beans from the oven, gather into a pile, and squeeze lemon juice over the top. Toss and serve.

AARON'S AMAZING SIMPLE BEANS

Steps:

• Place kidney beans into a large container and cover with about 1 quart water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
• Combine beans, 1 quart water, preserved lemon, sugar, black pepper, red chile pepper, bay leaf, garlic powder, and anise seed in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover stockpot, and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove lemon, bay leaf, and red chile pepper from bean mixture. Mash about 10% of the beans against the sides of the stockpot using the back of a spoon. Cover stockpot and simmer for 45 minutes more.
• Remove cover from stockpot and simmer beans until beans are thickened and water is evaporated, about 15 minutes more.

ANN BAUGHAN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat 2 Tablespoons lard or bacon fat in a large saucepan. Saute onions until translucent.
• Add beans with liquid and all remaining ingredients. Stir well.
• Simmer at 10 - 20 minutes until the sauce thickens and beans are hot through.
• Serve hot, as a side dish with hamburgers and hotdogs, on a sunny summer day in a local park, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins.