Baked, Black and Kidney Beans
Baked Beans 2# dried navy beans
2 tsp salt
1/2# salt pork, cut into pieces
3 small diced onions partially cooked in bacon fat (optional)
2/3 cup brown sugar (can use part white sugar)
2/3 cup molasses
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp dry mustard
--Rinse beans well. Cover beans with 3 quarts of water in tall pot and let stand 12-18 hours in a cool place. Add 1 tsp soda and 1 tsp salt to soaking water with beans and bring to boil. Cover and simmer until skins split when you blow on them. Drain, saving liquid. Pour beans into a baking dish or roaster. Add salt pork (and onions or pepper if desired). Combine remaining ingredients along with 4 cups of the saved bean liquid (use water or broth to make 4 cups if necessary). Pour all over beans. Cover and bake at 350 just until beans are soft (1-1/2 to 2 hours). Add liquid if necessary so that beans are soupy. Pack into hot jars and pressure can at 10 pounds of pressure: pints-75 min, quarts-90 min.
Kidney Beans
2 pounds dried kidney beans
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
chili powder
--Rinse beans well. Cover beans with 3 quarts of water in tall pot and let stand 12-18 hours in a cool place. Add 1 tsp soda and 1 tsp salt to soaking water with beans and bring to boil. Boil for 30 minutes. Pack beans into hot jars. Add 1 TBlsp chili powder per pint. Cover with cooking liquid to within 1/2 " from top of jar. Pressure can at 10 pounds of pressure: pints-75 min, quarts-90 min.
Black Beans
2 pounds dried black beans
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
canning salt
--Rinse beans well. Cover beans with 3 quarts of water in tall pot and let stand 12-18 hours in a cool place. Add 1 tsp soda and 1 tsp salt to soaking water with beans and bring to boil. Boil for 30 minutes. Pack beans into hot jars. Add 1/2 tsp canning salt per pint. Cover with cooking liquid to within 1/2 " from top of jar. Pressure can at 10 pounds of pressure: pints-75 min, quarts-90 min.
Love canned navy beans, they are definitely stocked up in my pantry every year.
ReplyDeleteGiving these recipes to my neighbor if I can figure out how to print them out. Also printing them for myself. I definitely plan to can them. Thanks for the recipes Diane.
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