Chef John’s Boston Baked Beans

Name: Chef John’s Boston Baked Beans
Prep time: 10 h 45 min
Cook time: 10 h 45 min
Total time: 10 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 pinch baking soda; 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, or to taste; 59 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 79 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder; 454 grams dry navy beans; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 liters water; 1 yellow onion, diced

Chef John’s Boston Baked Beans might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 9g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 295 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 10 hours and 45 minutes. If you have bacon, baking soda, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Soak navy beans overnight in a large bowl with enough water by several inches.

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Navy Beans

Water

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Bowl

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.

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Baking Soda

Bay Leaves

Beans

Water

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Dutch Oven

Drain, saving bean-cooking liquid.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

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Oven

Transfer beans into clean Dutch oven and stir bacon, onion, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and black pepper into beans.

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Black Pepper

Brown Sugar

Mustard Powder

Molasses

Bacon

Beans

Onion

Salt

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Dutch Oven

Pour enough of the hot reserved bean liquid in to cover beans; stir.

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Beans

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.

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Beans

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Dutch Oven

Oven

Raise oven heat to 350; bake beans uncovered in oven until top develops a flavorful crust, 20 to 30 more minutes.

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Beans

Crust