Lazy Baked Beans
- 1 lb of navy beans
- 1 large onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 thumb size chunk of fresh ginger
- 5 Tbs. dark brown sugar
- 1 ham hock
- 4-5 dried chipotle peppers sliced in thin ribbons
- 2-3 bay leaves
- 2 tsp. salt
- Several grinds of black pepper
- 1 tsp. dried mustard powder
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- Water
- Method….
- Slice the onion. Smash and roughly chop the garlic. Peel and grate the ginger.
- Put all the ingredients into the covered dish . Pour in water to about 1 1/2 inches above the level of the beans. Mix well.
- Set your oven temperature to 120°C.
- Put your dish in the oven .
- Set the timer to 6 hours.
- At that point, check on the pot – the beans may be a bit hard, or not, depending on how dry they were to start with.
- Usually I find it needs at least 8 hours for the beans to get really tender and sort of caramel-colored.
- Add water as needed if it looks dry.
- Enjoy.
Handy Dandies
….But if you can resist. Let cool and refrig and reheat them the next day,
Leftovers get even better.
