Baked Bean recipe I tried Options

[2cycle]

This is a copykat recipe I tried, but I doubled it. And used dry beans, after a soak and boil.

1/4 Cups Dry Chopped Onions -- * See Note
24 Ounces Canned Great Northern Beans
Drain/Rinse/Drain Again
28 Ounces Campbell's Pork & Beans
1 Cup Hunt's Ketchup
1/2 Cup Open Pit hickory flavored
Bbq Sauce
3 Slices Boiled ham -- chopped fine

* reconstitute in 1/4 cup hot water for 5 minutes.
While onions are softening, empty jar of northern beans into a 4-quart baking dish or pan.
Add pork and beans to northern beans. Stir in onion, ketchup, BBQ sauce and ham.
Bake, uncovered at 350~ about 30-35 minutes or until piping hot.
Stir 2-3 times during baking. Refrigerate covered, to use in 1 week.


While waiting on the dry beans to get done, I baked the 1.5lbs of smoked ham slices, to brown them. Chopped them in small cubes. Stirred it all together, and topped with market style bacon. Baked till bacon was cooked. I even impressed myself as how good it came out. BTW, its a boston chiken copy.

[cuskit]

This is a copykat recipe I tried, but I doubled it. And used dry beans, after a soak and boil.

1/4 Cups Dry Chopped Onions -- * See Note
24 Ounces Canned Great Northern Beans
Drain/Rinse/Drain Again
28 Ounces Campbell's Pork & Beans
1 Cup Hunt's Ketchup
1/2 Cup Open Pit hickory flavored
Bbq Sauce
3 Slices Boiled ham -- chopped fine

* reconstitute in 1/4 cup hot water for 5 minutes.
While onions are softening, empty jar of northern beans into a 4-quart baking dish or pan.
Add pork and beans to northern beans. Stir in onion, ketchup, BBQ sauce and ham.
Bake, uncovered at 350~ about 30-35 minutes or until piping hot.
Stir 2-3 times during baking. Refrigerate covered, to use in 1 week.


While waiting on the dry beans to get done, I baked the 1.5lbs of smoked ham slices, to brown them. Chopped them in small cubes. Stirred it all together, and topped with market style bacon. Baked till bacon was cooked. I even impressed myself as how good it came out. BTW, its a boston chiken copy.

2cycle,

This sounds delicious, we'll have to try it out on our Thanksgiving Day meal. We of course have turkey (that's my wife's job - in the convection oven inside), while I'll be smoking a ham outside on my grill. The beans will be a perfect side for the ham! Thanks, Mike

[Billy Goat]

This is a copykat recipe I tried, but I doubled it. And used dry beans, after a soak and boil.

1/4 Cups Dry Chopped Onions -- * See Note
24 Ounces Canned Great Northern Beans
Drain/Rinse/Drain Again
28 Ounces Campbell's Pork & Beans
1 Cup Hunt's Ketchup
1/2 Cup Open Pit hickory flavored
Bbq Sauce
3 Slices Boiled ham -- chopped fine

* reconstitute in 1/4 cup hot water for 5 minutes.
While onions are softening, empty jar of northern beans into a 4-quart baking dish or pan.
Add pork and beans to northern beans. Stir in onion, ketchup, BBQ sauce and ham.
Bake, uncovered at 350~ about 30-35 minutes or until piping hot.
Stir 2-3 times during baking. Refrigerate covered, to use in 1 week.


While waiting on the dry beans to get done, I baked the 1.5lbs of smoked ham slices, to brown them. Chopped them in small cubes. Stirred it all together, and topped with market style bacon. Baked till bacon was cooked. I even impressed myself as how good it came out. BTW, its a boston chiken copy.

2cycle:

Have you tried cooking the beans on the grill, or in a smoker? [I know ... they fall through the grate! ]

My wife makes great baked beans, using my great grandmother's recipe ...

- 2 pounds great northern [or navy] beans, sorted, washed and soaked
- 1 pound bacon raw, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Weber's mustard
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup [more if you like sweeter beans]

Mix all in a bean pot, and add eneough water to cover beans, mix
Place bean pot on grill or in smoker [indirect heat] cover off; temperature ~ 225 F
Use chip pouch or smoker box to create smoke

Check bean pot every 1/2 to 1 hour .... add water to cover, mix [as needed]

Cook until beans are very tender, ~ 4 to 5 hours.

Beans develop a wonderful smoked flavor.

BG in WV

[2cycle]

2cycle:

Have you tried cooking the beans on the grill, or in a smoker? [I know ... they fall through the grate! ]

My wife makes great baked beans, using my great grandmother's recipe ...

- 2 pounds great northern [or navy] beans, sorted, washed and soaked
- 1 pound bacon raw, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Weber's mustard
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup [more if you like sweeter beans]

Mix all in a bean pot, and add eneough water to cover beans, mix
Place bean pot on grill or in smoker [indirect heat] cover off; temperature ~ 225 F
Use chip pouch or smoker box to create smoke

Check bean pot every 1/2 to 1 hour .... add water to cover, mix [as needed]

Cook until beans are very tender, ~ 4 to 5 hours.

Beans develop a wonderful smoked flavor.

BG in WV

I love to smoke the beans on the grill. But I only have a 3 burner, and usually using it for the main course. I've been wanting an electric smoker, to ease the workload of the grill.

[takeahike66]

2cycle:

Have you tried cooking the beans on the grill, or in a smoker? [I know ... they fall through the grate! ]

My wife makes great baked beans, using my great grandmother's recipe ...

- 2 pounds great northern [or navy] beans, sorted, washed and soaked
- 1 pound bacon raw, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Weber's mustard
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup [more if you like sweeter beans]

Mix all in a bean pot, and add eneough water to cover beans, mix
Place bean pot on grill or in smoker [indirect heat] cover off; temperature ~ 225 F
Use chip pouch or smoker box to create smoke

Check bean pot every 1/2 to 1 hour .... add water to cover, mix [as needed]

Cook until beans are very tender, ~ 4 to 5 hours.

Beans develop a wonderful smoked flavor.

BG in WV

Wow – the start of a chili cookoff, or rather a "Baked Beans" version!!!! I looked over the ingredients of the two recipes and compare it to the one that I currently use. Actually, my own recipe is a variation to the one I'm providing a link to here.

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-2-2005-70928.asp

The one in the link is by Judy Mills, her version had these additional ingredients compare to my original. These are:

The addition of molasses to the base brown sugar
1 Tbs yellow mustard
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 tps chili powder

I use 1 Tbs of paprika in place of the chili power.

Also my original recipe, didn't have precise measurement, I just threw in enough of each ingredient to give it the level of sweetness and tang that I liked. So when I ran across this recipe, I started to use as a guide for the amount of each ingredient to use.

Below is my version of this recipe.

1 Lbs dried GN beans
1/2 cup chopped onion
6 slic bacon
1 cup ketchup
½ cup BBQ Sauce
½ cup molasses
1 cup* brown sugar
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 tps chili powder (use if you like it hotter – I use more paprika in lieu of chili )
1 clv garlic, minced
1 Tbs paprika

* Use ½ cup of brown sugar to start, add to suit your taste.
As with the recipe in the link, I have started off with dry beans but I have also started with canned beans. With the dry beans, I have soaked overnight and as little as 3-4 hrs. When soaked, I found that I did not have to simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours as the beans were tender enough or would be after I simmer it with all the ingredients for several hours.

I limit the amount of bean juice or water to have a thick consistency to the final product.
I also have never baked my "baked beans" but just let them simmer on the stove for several hours.
The only time I have served my "baked beans" is with BBQ brisket or NC pulled pork.

Now I have never actually tasted anyone else home-made bake beans. Thinking back, I do not remember ever having a bake bean dish at a restaurant that really tasted good and canned baked beans (all brands) just tasted too plain to me. So I have no history of tasting a variety of baked beans to really know what a good "baked beans" should taste like. Now that I explained myself, this is what I see lacking in the two previous recipes.

2cycle recipe appears to lack the slight sweet taste I enjoy in my baked beans and the other ingredients to give it that bite.

With Billy Goat recipe, I like the idea of letting it smoke on the grill, so the next time I do a brisket or pulled pork, I will set an open pot of beans on the grates while the meat is being slow cooked.

What I do see lacking in Billy Goat recipe is any significant tomato base flavor. 2 tablespoons of ketchup would be overpowered by the other ingredients.

IMHO – any comments?????

[cuskit]

Well, this is certainly turning out to be a great thread!

I want to add our (I say our - because my wife has the recipe and mixes the baked bean dish - I only throw it in my Costco Signature Oven)! She is presently sleeping and I know better than to wake her up to ask for ANY recipe, so I'll have to post hers tomorrow night! But I do know it is excellent, has lots of brown sugar and some Gullens Spicy Brown mustard - the rest I don't know. I also know it has to bake in the oven for at least two hours. Hike, I don't believe she uses any ketchup or tomato base, what does that bring to the table since you say the taste is overpowered? I'm glad this thread has started, Thanksgiving day we always have baked beans, and this year may be the start of something new, pending the results of these new recipes!

Mike

[takeahike66]

Well, this is certainly turning out to be a great thread!

I want to add our (I say our - because my wife has the recipe and mixes the baked bean dish - I only throw it in my Costco Signature Oven)! She is presently sleeping and I know better than to wake her up to ask for ANY recipe, so I'll have to post hers tomorrow night! But I do know it is excellent, has lots of brown sugar and some Gullens Spicy Brown mustard - the rest I don't know. I also know it has to bake in the oven for at least two hours.

Hike, I don't believe she uses any ketchup or tomato base, what does that bring to the table since you say the taste is overpowered?

I may not have written the statement correctly, your reading is the opposite of what I believe I stated. My un-scientific guess is that the majority (80-90%) of baked bean made in homes, canned, and recipes includes some form of tomato as a major ingredient. The form may be a some type of mixture of ketchup, tomotoes purree, or paste, tomato base BBQ sauce, etc. So my expectation for a baked beans dish is that it has a tomato base flavor verse one without the use of a tomato base.

In Billy Goat's recipe, it only calls for 2 tablespoons of ketchup. Two tablespoons of ketchup mixed with the other strong ingredients like mustard and vinegar, the ketchup would be overpowered. I would use 1 cup of ketchup in this receipe.

I'm glad this thread has started, Thanksgiving day we always have baked beans, and this year may be the start of something new, pending the results of these new recipes!

Mike

[cuskit]

I may not have written the statement correctly, your reading is the opposite of what I believe I stated. My un-scientific guess is that the majority (80-90%) of baked bean made in homes, canned, and recipes includes some form of tomato as a major ingredient. The form may be a some type of mixture of ketchup, tomotoes purree, or paste, tomato base BBQ sauce, etc. So my expectation for a baked beans dish is that it has a tomato base flavor verse one without the use of a tomato base.

In Billy Goat's recipe, it only calls for 2 tablespoons of ketchup. Two tablespoons of ketchup mixed with the other strong ingredients like mustard and vinegar, the ketchup would be overpowered. I would use 1 cup of ketchup in this receipe.

Aahhhhhh! I understand! Hmmmmmm, I almost want to wake up the little lady and ask her, but that would be suicidal! She gets up at 5:00, me, 6:50. So, I'll pursue this further tomorrow (actually later today).

Goodnight! Mike

[BBQfan]

even though its past summer time, its always a great picnic item, im a really big of baked beans so all of these recipes are great to find out. im definently going to have to save these.