Baked Beans
A delicious and healthy side dish for your next backyard barbecue or potluck.
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- oven
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry navy* beans
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper any color, chopped
- 2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup molasses
- 4 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce**
- 1 Tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 Tbsp brown mustard
- 2 tsp liquid smoke
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt optional
Instructions
- Rinse dry beans with water until they run clear.
- Soak 12 hours or overnight in water.
- Rinse the soaked beans in water and drain. There should be about 5 cups of beans.
- Place the rinsed beans in an Instant Pot*** and cover with water (about 5 cups).
- Set to high pressure for 10 minutes; allow for natural pressure release (15-20 minutes).
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Sauté onions and bell peppers in a large saucepan on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add minced garlic and sauté until onions and peppers are fully cooked.
- Stir in all of the remaining ingredients and heat through.
- Remove from heat.
- When the beans are done, rinse them gently and add to the saucepan.
- Combine the sauce and the beans and pour into a large casserole dish.
- Bake for one hour. The baked beans are done when the sauce is dark and bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes before serving. But it is best to allow to cool and refrigerate overnight.
- Reheat in an oven or microwave until heated through.
Notes
These beans are great make ahead dish since they absorb all of the liquid overnight.
* You can use northern beans or any other white bean; but navy beans are much smaller and much preferred – they are so good in these baked beans.
**Lord Sandy’s Worcestershire sauce is vegetarian and is available at most grocers.
*** You can also cook your beans on the stove until tender, about 45 minutes.
The list of ingredients may seem like a lot. But that just creates more layers of flavor. You can use ½ cup ketchup, ½ cup barbecue sauce, and 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth, if you’d prefer an easy shortcut.