decided to try some bourbon baked beans from scratch.
PREP: 1 hour
COOK: 5 hours SERVES: 8
INGREDIENTS:
8 oz thick cut bacon diced
1 large yellow onion diced
3 tbls minced garlic
1 tsp paprika
8oz tomato sauce
1/3 C molasses
1/4 C bourbon
2 tbls packed brown sugar
2 tsp yellow mustard
1 tbls worcestershire sauce
1 lb dried navy beans rinsed and picked through
Salt and pepper to taste
8 C (1/2 gal) of water (you can use chicken stock as well)
- You will need a dutch oven that can hold at least 7 QTS
DIRECTIONS:
1. preheat oven to 300 deg
2. cook the bacon until just before crispy, remove from pot and drain some of the bacon grease. Not all of it, because you will brown the onions and garlic in it.
3. brown the onions and garlic until softened.
4. in a small bowl, mix the paprika, tomato sauce, molasses, bourbon, worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, yellow mustard together to make a sauce.
5. add the sauce, beans, cooked bacon and 8 C water to the pot and stir to combine.
6. bring the mixture up to a boil, cover with lid and put in the oven for 3 hours while stirring every 45 minutes. The beans should be tender by this time. If they are not, leave in for another 45 minutes – 1 hour. Add more water if necessary.
7. when beans are tender, uncover the pot and increase the temp to 325 degrees and cook for another hour or until the beans are thick and browned.
8. remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes before serving.
ill get a pic when complete.
and i attached a word doc of the recipe so you can print off.
