Recipe and source notes

Baked Beans, Southern Style

6 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound dried marrow beans
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 sm. dried hot red pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3/4 pound salt pork, sliced
  • 3 tablespoons molasses
  • 1/4 cup catsup
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Make it step by step

  1. Cover beans with water. Bring to boil, and boil for 2 minutes. Cover and let stand for 1 hour. Add next 5 ingredients and cook until beans are tender. Drain, reserving liquid.
  2. Put beans in shallow 2-quart baking dish, arranging pork slices on top. To 2 cups liquid (or water), add molasses and remaining ingredients, except sugar. Pour over beans; sprinkle with sugar. Bake, uncovered, in preheated hot 400 degree oven about 1 hour.

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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