Filomena Family Recipe

Baked Beans

Prep: 12 hours
Cook: 7 hours
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients

Main

  • Dried Navy Beans
    1lb
  • Molasses
    3/4cup
  • Onion(peeled)
    1whole
  • Salt Pork
    1/4lb
  • Salt(to taste)
  • Pepper(to taste)

Kitchen Helpers

Slow-baked navy beans with molasses and salt pork. Best baked in a ceramic pot.

Instructions

  1. The Night Before: Put beans in a deep bowl, cover in water and soak.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Next morning rinse beans and place in baking pot (ceramic is best).
  4. Stir in molasses.
  5. Add onion and salt pork whole.
  6. Cover with black pepper to your taste and salt to your taste.
  7. Place in oven and bake for 6 to 7 hours.
  8. Do not cover the pot or stir the beans during baking.
  9. Check after 6 hours for tenderness. Once tender it is done.

Tags

#Side Dish