Beef / Pork

Joy's Baked Beans is for Dinner.

Joy's Baked Beans takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Joy's Baked Beans takes 300 minutes to cook.

Joy's Baked Beans makes 15 servings.

The ingredients for Joy's Baked Beans are:

1 LB bacon - cooked and crumbled
1 large onion - chopped and sauted until soft or steamed in microwave for 1 min. (may use raw - I just always soften them).

1 900 g bag of dried northern beans (you can soak these overnight - see note)
water (about 15 cups)
Sauce: 2 c ketchup
1.5 c brown sugar
4 Tbsp cider vinegar
4 Tbsp Molasses
4 Tbsp prepared mustard (yellow)

Here is how you make Joy's Baked Beans:

Soak Beans in about 12-15 c water or until water covers beans by about 2 1/2 inches OR if you didn't do that, we will simmer the beans on the stove top for longer. regardless:Place beans in stock pot - dried or drained of soaking water. Add water to cover beans by 2-3 inches. Bring to rapid boil, boil for 10-15 min, then lower heat and simmer at a low boil, if beans have soaked - simmer for about an hour, if not simmer for 1.5 - 2 hours - until beans are soft. During last 1/2 hour of simmering time - Cook bacon until done but not too crisp. drain fat, blot and tear into small bite sized pieces - set aside. In bowl, combine ketchup sugar, vinegar, molasses, and mustard.Drain beans. Pour beans into a greased (sprayed with no stick spray or EVOO), add bacon, the sauce and onions to beans & mix. Cook covered at 350 for 1-1.5 hours or until sauce has thicken to desired level. This freezes well and makes 15cups - serving size is 1 cup. Number of Servings: 15Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KOOLCHIK.

The nutritional information for Joy's Baked Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 15
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 259.5

• Total Fat: 4.5 g
• Cholesterol: 7.2 mg
• Sodium: 623.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 55.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.9 g
• Protein: 7.2 g