Boston Baked Beans Recipe

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Boston Baked Beans
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Ingredients
7
Count
Nutrition
167
Calories
Total time
450
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 (1 lb) package white pea beans
  • 4 -8 oz salt pork , with as much lean as possible in it
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 -3 tsp salt (depends upon how y you like things)
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 cup catsup

Directions:

  1. Wash the beans and pick out any bad ones.
  2. Put beans in a 3- or 4-quart pot and cover well with water.
  3. Simmer (NOT boil) for about an hour; check occasionally to be sure water doesn't cook away.
  4. Drain beans and rinse.
  5. Return to pot.
  6. Mix together remaining ingredients (except the salt pork) and stir into beans, together with enough water to cover beans well.
  7. Put beans into a stoneware pot of some kind. A real beanpot, the kind with the two little handles and the narrow neck, is best. Otherwise, any stoneware pot that holds about 3 quarts and has a well-fitting cover will do. They will not taste as good baked in metal, or even pyrex.
  8. Cut the salt pork into two or three pieces and add to the pot; push pieces down into the beans somewhat.
  9. Bake at 300 degrees for 6 to 8 hours.
  10. Check occasionally, and if top is dry, add more water.
  11. If you want to, you can put some hot dogs or rope sausage such as Hillshire Farms beef sausage in on top of the beans for the last hour or so of baking. The meat cooks at the same time as the beans, and picks up their flavor.
  12. The right thing to serve with these beans is, of course, Boston Brown Bread, for which I have noticed a couple of recipes here on the Zaar.
  13. There are two ways to cut down on the time a bit. One is to simmer the beans about 20 minutes longer and then bake them for only about 3 hours. Also, after simmering, you can put the beans in a crockpot. That takes longer—figure about 18 hours to be sure that the beans won't be crunchy—but they can be left unattended.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 167.13 Kcal (700 kJ)
Calories from fat 103.66 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.52g 18%
Cholesterol 12.19mg 4%
Sodium 837.89mg 35%
Potassium 285.33mg 6%
Total Carbs 14.58g 5%
Sugars 12.4g 50%
Dietary Fiber 1.18g 5%
Protein 1.18g 2%
Vitamin C 1.7mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 1.1mg 6%
Calcium 39.5mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 229.14 Kcal (959 kJ)
Calories from fat 142.12 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.79g 18%
Cholesterol 16.71mg 4%
Sodium 1148.77mg 35%
Potassium 391.2mg 6%
Total Carbs 19.99g 5%
Sugars 17g 50%
Dietary Fiber 1.62g 5%
Protein 1.62g 2%
Vitamin C 2.4mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 13%
Iron 1.5mg 6%
Calcium 54.2mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.1
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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