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Boston Baked Beans

Name: Boston Baked Beans
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 rashers thick cut bacon, sliced (or 5 drops liquid smoke); 4 cups canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained; ½ cup molasses; ¼ cup blackstrap molasses, plus more as needed; ¼ cup dark brown sugar; 2 tbsp dark rum; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 1 tbsp dry mustard

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Ingredients

Makes

6 rashers thick cut bacon, sliced (or 5 drops liquid smoke)
4 cups canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained
½ cup molasses
¼ cup blackstrap molasses, plus more as needed
¼ cup dark brown sugar
2 tbsp dark rum
½ tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1 tbsp dry mustard

Ingredients for 6 servings (1.5 kg) · the original recipe

Method

1
Cook bacon. Separate the meat from the fat, and chop the bacon.
2
Place 1 tbsp of the bacon fat into a large stainless steel pan. Add kidney beans and sauté over medium-high heat.
Stovetop
3
Add rum and tilt to ignite. If you do not have a gas stove, simply light with a fire stick.
Stovetop
4
Add remaining ingredients and chopped bacon and fold to combine.
5
Bake in a 325°F oven for 1 ½ hours, adding blackstrap molasses occasionally to prevent drying.
Oven

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