Boston baked beans in the Crockpot (My Kind of Town)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Boston baked beans in the Crockpot (My Kind of Town)

I love all of Joelen’s creative blogging events. This month, she’s hosting “My Kind of Town Thanksgiving Adventure” which encourages everyone to make a dish specific to your city. I immediately thought of Boston Baked Beans. I’ve never had any baked beans other the kind from a can. Funny side note, my mom likes to eat them cold because they did that when she was young. Gross… Anyways, I do love baked beans. They’re a perfect compliment to any summer barbecue.

These beans are amazing. And very hearty. Hubby and I ate them out of a bowl with a piece of bread for dinner. Very simple and tasty. We didn’t know if we were supposed to leave the bacon in or take it out. We stirred it in and the bacon literally just fell apart and mixed in with the beans. We ate these the next day with some turkey burgers. I’ll definitely be making these again and again.

Note – Hubby was concerned there wasn’t enough liquid in there when we started the crockpot. The bacon adds a lot of liquid to the party, so don’t fret little pet 🙂 If you sub sausage or something else for the bacon, you might want to add some more liquid though.

Crockpot Boston Baked Beans – from Stephanie
3 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 medium onions, chopped finely
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp dried mustard – I used 3 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 pound of bacon – I cut the bacon strips in 1/2 so they’d fit in the crockpot

Drain and rinse your beans, and add them to the crockpot. Add onion and brown sugar. Pour in the molasses and ketchup. Add spices. Stir to combine.

Lay slices of uncooked bacon over the top of the beans.

Cover and cook on low for 5-7 hours, or high for about 4. Ours cooked while we were at work, so about 10 hours on low.

Side Dish

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12 Responses to “Strawberry and Beer Sorbet”

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tracy {pale yellow} — February 1, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Three ingredients? Amazing, I can’t wait to try this for myself!
- beantownbaker — February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:42 pm
  
  If you make it, let me know what beer/fruit combo you use. I can’t wait to try different combinations.
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tracy {pale yellow} — February 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm
I just made it last night and used frozen strawberries and Shock Top Honeycrisp Apple Wheat. Amazing!!! So creamy without any dairy. I’ll be posting the recipe on my site next week.
- beantownbaker — February 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
  
  First of all, I haven’t had that beer, but it sounds tasty on it’s own. I’m sure it was delicious with the strawberries in this sorbet. So glad you enjoyed it. Let me know when your post goes up!
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Shannon — February 4, 2013 at 6:13 pm
what an interesting idea! love that you can still taste the individual flavors 🙂
- beantownbaker — February 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
  
  I loved it too. Even though when you say Strawberry and Beer Sorbet people kind of look at you like you’re crazy….
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Tiffany — February 7, 2013 at 11:52 am
This sounds awesome and I know my husband would love it but we don’t have an ice cream maker. Is there an alternative way to make it?
- beantownbaker — February 7th, 2013 @ 6:20 pm
  
  I haven’t made it without an ice cream maker… Here’s an article from David Lebovitz on how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2007/07/making-ice-crea-1/
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Carole — March 7, 2013 at 5:30 pm

Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is collecting links to posts about ice cream and sorbets – or anything similar like gelato. I do hope you link this in. This is the link . Please do check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Have a great week.
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Carole — March 7, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Jen , thanks for joining the link up for Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter. I hope you enjoyed looking at some of the other links. I have been reading them all and must say my ice cream cravings are now almost out of control! Cheers

Ps I am signing up to follow your blog. A follow back would be great – or maybe you have already?
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Jimmie — August 14, 2013 at 1:03 pm
I work in a brewpub in Boulder. I’m gonna try this out with fresh peaches, honey, and a strong belgian golden ale. I’ll let you know how it goes.
- beantownbaker — August 16th, 2013 @ 8:18 am
  
  Oh man – that sounds awesome. I have a TON of peaches in my house right now… I just made a blueberry variety the other night.