My Mothers Boston Baked Beans I Made It

My Mothers Boston Baked Beans

pointsevenout 11 years ago

Recipe by Rescue_ranger: My Mothers Boston Baked Beans
A great baked beans recipe. Lots of good flavor. Everything came out exactly to spec.
Had to use great northern beans. Simmer time increased by a half hour because of the substitution.
Had exactly 2 cups of liquid left over from the simmer process which was reincorporated in the recipe.
I was worried about having the beans done in time because of the addition of salt before the beans were done. I have had bad experiences that way but not this time.
Recipe was done at 5 hours oven time. YUM.
EDIT: I always put an eighth of a teaspoon baking powder in the soak then simmer water to help break down the beans.

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

Oh, you beat me at making this. Although I have had it bookmarked for three years so I've had plenty of time. :) I need to get to this one. Thanks for the reminder!

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Great northern and navy beans are on the shopping list for next outing.

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mrpiggy 11 years ago said:

OK, I have seen "salt pork" mentioned before. Does bacon work here? Whats the dif? Think this would work in a crockpot?

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Bacon does work. Salt pork is better. Both are pork belly. Bacon is sliced. Salt pork is not and is heavily salted as a preservative. If you use bacon adjust the salt amount.

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago said:

I wonder if my grocery store has the salt pork. I've never really looked for it so don't know. This sounds really good!

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

Where I shop, the salt pork is by the ham hocks which is by the other stuff most people don't buy - like the tongues and chicken feet. Gotta close my eyes when I buy ham hocks. :-P

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Surely you know they'll sell everything but the cluck or the moo or the squeal.

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

I finally got around to making these today. Used small white beans. I had four cups of leftover simmer liquid and my beans were clearly done in four hours. Didn't change a thing ingredient wise and I thinly sliced my salt pork rather than grind it. The little pieces of salt pork got all nice and caramely-like and are so good!. These have a wonderful flavor to them and I love the fact that there is no vinegar in this recipe. Added a picture to the recipe.

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago said:

Yum your picture looks so good!! Was that just a huge chunk of salt pork there in the middle? I gotta go to the store in the morning, so I'm gonna take a look for it....

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

Yep, that's a big chunk of salt pork. I took the fat off and shredded it up and stirred it into the beans. Good beans!

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

AW!!! The fat helps with the flavor.

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