Maple Baked Beans
Navy beans baked slowly with maple syrup, mustard and salt pork until dark and sticky.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 300 min
- Total
- 320 min
- Servings
- 8
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 380 kcal
Equipment
- •Bean pot or casserole
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- fat
- 10 g
- carbs
- 56 g
- protein
- 16 g
- calories
- 380
Instructions
- 1
Boil the drained beans in fresh water for 20 minutes, then drain, reserving the liquid.
- 2
Layer the beans with the salt pork and whole onion in a bean pot.
- 3
Whisk the maple syrup, mustard, tomato paste and salt into 500 ml of the bean liquid and pour over.
- 4
Cover and bake at 140C for 4 hours 30 minutes, adding hot liquid as needed.
- 5
Uncover for the final 40 minutes to darken the top.
- 6
Rest briefly and serve hot.
Chef's tips
Keep them just covered with liquid until the last hour, then let the sauce reduce.
Ingredient substitutions
- salt pork → omit and add 2 tbsp oil for a vegetarian pot
Storage
Keeps 5 days refrigerated; freezes 3 months.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Letting the pot dry out mid-bake
Serving suggestions
Cooked Maple Baked Beans?
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