Ricardo's Classic Baked Beans

Prep Time: 25 min | Cook Time: 4 hours 30 min | Servings: 8

Ricardo's Classic Baked Beans

Ingredients

SERVINGS
UNITS
  • dried white beans
    2 ¼ cups dried white beans
  • Streak salted pork
    ¾ lb streaky salted pork
  • large onion
    1 large onion
  • Garlic clove
    2 garlic cloves
  • Butter
    1 tbsp butter
  • Chicken broth
    6 cups unsalted chicken broth
  • Maple syrup
    ¼ cup maple syrup
  • Molasses
    ¼ cup molasses
  • Ketchup
    ¼ cup ketchup
  • Ground mustard
    2 tsp ground mustard
  • Black pepper
    ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • Bay leaf
    2 bay leaves

Get Ready!

dried white beans

dried white beans

Streak salted pork

Streak salted pork

large onion

large onion

Garlic clove

Garlic clove

Butter

Butter

Chicken broth

Chicken broth

Maple syrup

Maple syrup

Molasses

Molasses

Ketchup

Ketchup

Ground mustard

Ground mustard

Black pepper

Black pepper

Bay leaf

Bay leaf

Large bowls

Large bowls

Small pot

Small pot

Dutch oven

Dutch oven

Steps

1. Soak white beans
Dried white beans
Dried white beans
2.25 cups
Soak
Soak
Large bowl
Large bowl

Keep beans covered throughout.

12 hours
2. Soak pork
Streaky salted pork
Streaky salted pork
0.75 lb
Soak
Soak
Refrigerate
Refrigerate
New bowl
Another bowl
Another bowl

Cover and refrigerate.

12 hours
3. Preheat Oven
Preheat
Preheat
300°F
4.
From step 1
White beans
White beans
Drain
Drain
From step 2
Pork
Pork
Drain
Drain
5.
Soaked salted pork
Soaked salted pork
Cold water
Cold water
Bring to boil
Bring to boil
small pot
small pot
high
6.
Let sit
Let sit
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hud item
Small pot
Small pot
Turn off
15 minutes
7.
Butter
Butter
1 tbsp
Onion
Onion
1
Chop
Chop
chopped onion
chopped onion
Garlic
Garlic
2
Chop
Chop
finely chopped garlic
finely chopped garlic
Sauté
Sauté
Dutch oven
Dutch oven
medium
5 minutes
8.
From step 4
Soaked white beans
Soaked white beans
From step 6
Blanched salted pork
Blanched salted pork
Chicken broth
Chicken broth
6 cups
Maple syrup
Maple syrup
0.25 cup
Molasses
Molasses
0.25 cup
Ketchup
Ketchup
0.25 cup
Ground mustard
Ground mustard
2 tsp
Ground black pepper
Ground black pepper
0.5 tsp
Bay leaves
Bay leaves
2
Bring to boil
Bring to boil
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hud item
Dutch oven
Dutch oven
high

Mix well.

9.
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hud item
hud item
hud item
hud item
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From step 8
Dutch Oven
Dutch Oven
Cover
Cover
Bake
Bake
300°F
4 hours
10. Thicken sauce?

If sauce is not thick enough, mash a few beans with the back of a spoon. Mix, cover and rest.

Rest
Rest
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baked beans
baked beans
15 minutes
11.
Cooked salted pork
Cooked salted pork
Slice
Slice
sliced salted pork
sliced salted pork
Serve beans with slice of pork
Serve beans with slice of pork