Best Quick Boston Baked Beans Recipes

QUICK BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
• Add bacon and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon from pan using a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add onion to frying pan, cook stirring for 3 minutes or until onion is tender and light golden, add garlic and paprika continue to cook stirring for 1 minute.
• Return bacon to frying pan and add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste and beans. Cook stirring often for 5 minutes or until heated through.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Split muffins and toast. Spread with butter.
• Place on serving plates and spoon baked beans over the muffins and sprinkle with parsley.

EASY BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Rinse and drain beans, then spread in the bottom of prepared pan.
• Lay bacon slices on top of beans in the pan.
• Sprinkle diced onion over bacon.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, whisk together molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, ketchup, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce.
• Bring to a boil, remove from heat, then pour over beans in the pan. Use a spoon to spread evenly over the top.
• Cover dish with foil and bake for 3 hours, or until beans are tender and heated through.

CLASSIC BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans in cold water to cover overnight in a large bowl. Drain in a colander.
• Heat oven to 300 degrees. Arrange onions in the bottom of a bean pot or Dutch oven. Top, working in order, beginning with tomatoes, and continuing with bay leaves, dry mustard, cloves, brown sugar, and salt and pepper. Add soaked beans and pour over molasses. Top evenly with salt pork. Add 5 cups water and cover.
• Transfer to oven and bake, without stirring, until the beans are tender and the liquid has thickened, about 6 hours. Check the beans every 45 minutes, adding hot water, if necessary, to keep beans slightly soupy at all times. Remove from oven, and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, if necessary, before serving.

NEW ENGLAND BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Sort beans and rinse with cold water. Place beans in a Dutch oven; 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 or until beans are softened., Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid. Return beans to Dutch oven; add 6 cups water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until beans are almost tender., In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels with a slotted spoon; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Saute onions in drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, syrup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper., Drain beans, reserving cooking liquid; place in an ungreased 3-qt. baking dish. Stir in onion mixture and bacon. Cover and bake at 300° for 2-1/2 hours or until beans are tender and reach desired consistency, stirring every 30 minutes. Add reserved cooking liquid as needed.

LOW-N-SLOW BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 300 degrees.
• Add salt pork and bacon to 8-quart Dutch oven; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and most fat is rendered, about 7 minutes.
• Add onion and continue to cook stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 8 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup molasses, mustard, beans, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and 9 cups water; increase heat to medium-high and bring to boil; cover pot and set in oven.
• Bake until beans are tender, about 4 hours, stirring once after 2 hours.
• Remove lid and continue to bake until liquid has thickened to syrupy consistency, 1 to 1 1/2 hours longer.
• Remove beans from oven; stir in remaining tablespoon of molasses, vinegar, and additional salt and pepper to taste.

QUICK BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Combine all ingredients and place in 1 ½ quart baking dish with lid.
• Cover and bake 45 minutes. Remove cover and bake 15 minutes longer.