Recipes

CHUCK WAGON BEANS
  • Ingredients
  • 2 cups dry navy beans
  • 1-1/2 quarts cold water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 pound salt pork, diced
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 /2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/4 cup granulated or brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1 small onion, quartered
Directions
  1. Rinse beans; cover with the cold water
  2. Bring to boiling and simmer 2 minutes
  3. Remove from heat
  4. Cover; let stand 1 hour or overnight
  5. Add 1 teaspoon salt to beans and soaking water, cover and simmer until just tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour
  6. Drain, reserving liquid. Place half the beans in Dutch oven
  7. Bury part of pork in beans
  8. Combine the remaining ingredients and add half
  9. Add remaining beans and seasonings Place remaining salt pork over top
  10. Cover with bean liquid
  11. Cover Dutch oven and bury in coals of campflre or bake in oven at low heat for 6 to 8 hours
  12. If necessary, add more liquid as beans bake. For smoky flavor: If you have a covered grill, you can cook the last 2 or 3 hours on grill
  13. Just uncover beans and toss hickory or mesquite chips on coals
  14. Or add liq- uid smoke in the last hour of cooking.


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