Old Johns Baked Beans Recipes

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Bring 10 cups water and navy beans to a boil in a large pot; cook at a boil for 2 minutes. Stir bacon, onion, brown sugar, molasses, and salt into the water.
• Carefully pour the mixture into a slow cooker.
• Cook on High, stirring occasionally, for 4 hours.
• Stir 3 cups water into the mixture. Continue cooking until beans are tender, about 2 hours 15 minutes more.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, bring beans, salt and 2 qt. water to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans and discard liquid. Return beans to pan. Cover with remaining water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender. Drain, reserving liquid. In a greased 2-1/2 qt. baking dish, combine beans, 1 cup liquid, onion, molasses, bacon, brown sugar, mustard and pepper. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until beans are as thick as desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Add more of the reserved cooking liquid if needed.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, well covered with cold water.
• Pour off soaking water and pick over beans to remove any bad ones, or debris.
• Put beans in a pot.
• Cover with fresh cold water and add 1 tsp. baking soda.
• Bring to a boil and cook until skins of beans crack when you take one out on a spoon and blow on it.
• Cut onion in quarters and put in bottom of a bean crock or large casserole.
• Add the partially cooked beans.
• Put cut up salt pork on top.
• (Some people use the salt pork fat. I don't like fat, so I prefer to use the salt pork meat.) Combine brown sugar, molasses, mustard and salt with 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
• Pour over the beans.
• Add more boiling water, if needed, to come just to the top of the beans.
• Also, if needed during baking tme, add more boiling water.
• Bake, covered, at 300 degrees F for 6 hours, or until beans are tender.

OLD WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight in water in a large bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Saute the onions and pork over medium heat in a cast iron Dutch oven until the onions are tender, abut 10 minutes. Add the drained beans, pork, chicken stock, cayenne, molasses, ketchup, brown sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.
• Cover the casserole and transfer to the oven. Bake to 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the beans are tender.
• Serve topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

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 SETTLERS' BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef, bacon and onion until meat is done and onion is tender. Drain any fat. Combine all remaining ingredients except beans. Add to meat mixture; mix well. Stir in beans. , Preheat oven to 350°; place bean mixture in a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake for 1 hour or until heated through.

COUNTRY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Pour into a 4-1/2-qt. bean pot or two ungreased 2-qt. baking dishes. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until heated through.

OLD JOHN'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Brown and drain the ground beef with the bacon and onion.
• Add the remaining ingredients to ground beef mixture and mix together.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

UNCLE JOHN'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Pour beans into casserole dish and stir in ketchup, onions, Worcestershire, brown sugar, cayenne, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
• Cover top of beans with strips of bacon if desired.
• Sprinkle additional brown sugar on top.
• Bake at 350°F for 2 hours.
• Serves 4-6.

THE BEST BARBECUE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Add dry beans to a bowl, cover with water, and let soak for 8 hours, or overnight.
• Drain beans and transfer to a large pot filled with 3 quarts of cold, fresh water. Add bay leaf, pork shoulder, and onion. Bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir. Skim off foam if desired. Let simmer until beans are just tender, about 1 hour.
• While beans simmer, combine barbecue sauce, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, Worcestershire, smoked paprika, cayenne, black pepper, kosher salt, and garlic powder in a bowl with a whisk. Set aside until needed.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Transfer tender bean mixture to a deep, 15x10-inch baking dish using a spider strainer. Pour in barbecue sauce mixture and 2 ½ cups of the bean cooking liquid. Place bacon slices on top.
• Bake uncovered in the center of the preheated oven until the liquids have reduced into a thick sauce, 2 to 3 hours.

JD'S OLD FASHION BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Wash the beans, and drain.
• Place them in a large bowl, and cover them with water.
• Allow them to soak overnight, In the morning, place half the beans in a crockery bean pot.
• Bury the pork in the beans.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and add to the pot.
• Cover with the remaining beans and the other half of the salt pork.
• Bake at 300 for 6 - 7 hours stirring occassionally.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a medium-size kettle, cover with water, and soak for 2 hours.
• Drain beans. Add enough fresh water to cover.
• Cover the kettle, bring to a boil; and then simmer until the beans are tender, about 45 minutes. Do not drain!
• Mix in the remaining ingredients.
• Place the entire contents of the kettle in oven-proof pot with a lid.
• Bake in a bean pot for 3 hours at 350°F oven, stir occasionally. If they look a little dry, add some water as needed.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a Dutch oven or kettle; add enough water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid. Return beans to pan. Add water and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until beans are tender. Drain, reserving 2 cups cooking liquid.
• In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish, combine the beans, onion, mustard, brown sugar, molasses, bacon and 1 cup reserved cooking liquid. Cover and bake at 400 degrees F for 45 minutes or until beans have reached desired thickness, stirring occasionally (add additional reserved cooking liquid if needed).

BIG JOHN'S BAD-*SS BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix a little warm water with flour for a roux.
• Pour both cans of beans into a casserole dish.
• Mix roux into beans.
• Add all remaining ingredients to casserole dish and mix together.
• Cover, place in oven and bake for approximately 90 minutes, stirring every half hour until sauce has thickened.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes covered.