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California pea beans baking soda water salt onion dark molasses brown sugar salt mustard paprika cloves black pepper chili pwdr
Viewed: 34 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 1 pound sm. California Pea beans
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Water to cover beans
- 1/2 pound salt pork, washed and cubed
- 1 lg. onion, diced
- 1/3 c. dark molasses
- 1/2 c. dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon grnd cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon chili pwdr
Method
- Blanch beans for 10 min in boiling water.
- Wash beans and sort.
- Soak overnight in cool water.
- In morning, rinse.
- Add in water.
- Bring to a boil for 20 min.
- Remove from burner, add in soda.
- Let stand for 1 minute.
- Drain.
- Rinse again in cool water.
- Put pork and onion in bottom of bean pot.
- Combine the molasses, brown sugar, salt, mustard, paprika, pepper and chili pwdr in a c. of warm water.
- Add in to bean pot.
- Add in beans.
- Cover with warm water.
- Bake 4-6 hrs.
- Add in warm water, if necessary.
- Uncover last hour to brown.
- Beans should be tender, not mushy.
