I have been cooking with dried beans for sometime now. When you are working with dried beans, it may seem more complicated but really its quite easy. Just make sure to plan a little bit ahead.
Night Before: sort through beans for rocks and bad beans, rinse, and soak in water and salt. We use about 1T per 4 cups of water.
Morning: Rinse beans and put in crock pot, season and cover with lid.
These beans I seasoned with:
Onion Flakes (I was out of real onion)
1 Garlic Clove
2 Bay leaves
Covered with Chicken Broth (homemade see earlier post)
I let them cook on high for 2-3 hours. (Each type of bean will cook at a different rate, check bag for suggestions. If I am gone all day I cook on low). Once they were done I drained them and let cool, put in fridge.
When I was ready to bake them, I mixed them with:
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 (15oz) can of Tomato Sauce (low sodium)
1 T of Worcestershire Sauce (low sodium)
1 T of Chili Powder
1 T of Garlic Powder
Mix well and put in baking dish
uncovered with (4 uncooked slices) bacon and another 1/4 cup of brown sugar, baked uncovered for 1 hour at 350.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Santa Maria Pinquitos Baked Beans
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