Not Your Boston Baked Beans
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 lb dried great northern beans
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 lb bacon, chopped
- 1 large white onions or 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 4 -6 jalapeno peppers, chopped (no need to remove seeds)
- 1⁄4 cup tomato paste
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup rich-tasting molasses (I use blackstrap for the most intense flavor)
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 5 -6 teaspoons of bufalo chipotle hot sauce (or a similar brand)
- 1 -2 teaspoon Bourbon (optional)
- 3 -4 cups vegetable broth
directions
- Sort through beans and remove any rocks, discolored beans, etc.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Soak beans in a plastic container overnight in just enough cold water (@2 cups) to submerge them completely.
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- Place a large 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 and brown sugar.
- Mix chipotle salsa with the molasses and add to the bacon mixture.
- Drain the beans and reserve the soaking liquid; add the drained beans to the Dutch oven.
- Place the soaking liquid in a large glass measuring cup and add enough vegetable broth to equal a total of 4 cups of liquid.
- Stir in bourbon, then add to the Dutch oven.
- Bring to a boil over high heat.
- When the beans reach full boil, add the cayenne, salt and pepper; give the whole a couple good stirs and cover pot with a lid.
- Place in preheated oven and bake for 6 to 8 hours, stirring up from the bottom once or twice, until the beans are tender.
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Notes:
- Contrary to popular belief, the seeds of chiles actually carry very little heat.
- Capsaicin, the chemical compound that gives peppers their"pungency," is carried almost exclusively in the veins of the fruit.
- Tabasco now has a chipotle variety; whatever the brand, it must be a liquid hot sauce, not a chunky type salsa.
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