This is a PERFECT tutorial. I was not sure if I should get a slow cooker, but when you said it does not heat up the whole kitchen, AND saves energy, you had me. WELL DONE sir. If you were single, I would chase you until you caught me.....
The way I do the cleaning process will speed up your time: wash the beans thoroughly then put them in a bowl or pot of cold water covering the beans about three inches. Stir the beans with your hand and the bad beans will float to the surface, that's it simple. Rinse the beans again and you are done. Also about the foam. Skip skimming it off because when you rinse the beans at the cooling process right before you put them in the crock pot it will rid the beans of the gases. There, I saved you some serious time. God bless you and thanks for a great vid! Also, I put in turkey bacon cup up, but you could use port bacon for an even greater flavor. Cheers!
My grandmother called it “Counting Beans”. She had us grandkids go though the beans not so much to cull the beans but to take out any rocks/stone that may be in the bag ... she didn’t want anyone biting into them.
Thank you so much! I received a slow cooker for a wedding gift and never use it. Now it is quarantine time with this pandemic, I will try this recipe. :) All the best from Toronto!
Hi Dan, thank you for your timely response ... I do agree with you and based on the other comments ... I do believe the way the dish turned out is definitely on me. I believe the molasses I used was heavier (more potent) than the one you used. We did end up rescuing the dish with tomato paste, more sugar & tomato paste. Thanks Dan & keep up the good work. Again, sorry if if I complained too much at my own folly, Lol
Excellent tutorial. You’re fantastic! I appreciate your informative yet no nonsense approach, I learned plenty from this. It was easy to follow and interesting to watch. I could watch you cook beans all day long 😊 Please share any new beans recipes you may have. They are a labour of love. Have you ever considered cooking beans in a pressure cooker?
@@danrt50 thanks for the link! Do you have a preference in quality or taste with slow cook vs instant pot? also have you ever used this recipe using the slow cooker mode on the instant pot? Im curious as Im trying to decide whether to invest in a slow cooker or not. 🤔
Thanks for this video! My beans have been cooking for 3+ hours and look nothing like baked beans. Your video calmed my nerves and reminded me to just be patient! Thanks.
Thank you for the great tutorial. I made the America's Test Kitchen baked beans and they came out hard. So, I will try your version. ?? Are these slightly sweet or a medium sweet? My mom always put some brown sugar in hers but not too much.
If you add a teaspoon of baking soda to the soaking water it also helps get rid of the musical quality of the beans, and you are spot on about dumping the water.
Great Vlog, I learned a lot of good info. Actually, you have caused me a problem LOL. Now my head is buzzing with other additions I can add to suit other tastes/cultural or religious preferences like chilli, chorizo, bacon, or other preserved type meats (for meat eaters) also herbs, but you have given me enough info to make preservative/additive-free healthy food, that anyone will love. Good work buddy.
Hi dan! I am a new subscriber and so far I love our videos! I had my mom help me make a lot of your recipes and we had most of them for dinner. It was really delicious! Great job dan! I also have an idea on what you can make. You should try breakfast pizza. Thanks for listening! 😊
You've got exactly the right voice and accent. If you could do (or re-do) your cooking episodes as John Candy's "Uncle Buck", you might really have a hit. I like this recipe, by the way. Thanks!
Hi Dan, great recipe, generally I soak my beans over night with hot water and a tablespoon of baking soda. next day rinse them boil them and throw away the first water, later that I will slow cook ´em
oh thank you so much for telling us to dump the cooking water, it's been years since I made bean cause after a plate i was so sick to my stomach, so I will try your way tomorrow :)
OKAY. I just made them~! I love your advice and I know it's true about getting rid of that water to get rid of the gas. Anyhow, I made it but put it in a 250" oven (rather than in a slow cooker) after cooking the beans until they "cracked. " Also added 1/2 c. organic ketchup, 1 TBL. Worcestershire sauce, 1 TBL. liquid smoke and 1/8 tsp. each of ground cloves and ground allspice as well as about 3 TBL. maple syrup to the recipe, leaving out the onions and garlic. Cooked in oven for 6 hours but they probably were ready way before that, like after 4 hours. Oh, and I left out the onion and garlic in memory of my Dad, who used to make Boston Baked Beans for us but never put in onion or garlic because he hated onions. (Love onions myself~!) Everything else I did exactly as you said to do and thank you so much. It was really, really hard to find good advice on how to make baked beans. I also don't eat pork and am on a salt-free and oil-free diet, so this worked out perfectomundo. I looked at more baked beans cooking videos and no longer think you are in the top 3. I think you are the BEST...! :) I also TOTALLY AGREE that zero salt is needed in this recipe!
Love This!! I couldn’t survive off anything else- when my family left me and the 18 cats on the streets we’ve had to live off these- just me, backed beans and 18 of my lovely cats 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😆😆!!!! Couldn’t be more content with my LIFE!! 🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩😗🤪🤪🤨🤨🤨🤪🤨🤨🥰🥰😍😍🥰😍😍
The majority of the carbohydrates responsible for intestinal distress leach out into the *soaking* water overnight, so that is the only water you should throw away. The carbohydrates responsible for nutrition remain in the beans and the *cooking* water, but the intestines have no problem digesting those. Yes, that cooking liquid is valuable to the flavor and texture of the finished dish.
You must be psychic Dan, I was thinking about making baked beans in the near future ( I've never made them before). Great looking beans! I will give this recipe a try. Thank you so much for the upload, so good to see you :)
I realize this video is a couple of years old but I just found it. Have you ever cooked the beans on a grill instead in a slow cooker? Seems like they would really be good with a smoked flavor.
I watched a few baked beans videos and I think I am going to try the americas test kitchen version today with left over bbq chicken thighs that i will remove the bone from and add extra salt too, anyway thats what is on hand we will see what happens. Wish i had some left over pork instead but today it has to be bbq chicken thigh.
I have Mustard Seed but no Dry Mustard will this work? Or should I use regular mustard in the jar? Also, can these be cooked in a pot on the stove? I don't have a crock pot. I hope you get back to me soon cuz I'm going to make this for Sunday lunch. Thank you.
I noticed that you didn't add any meat or hotdogs, would you recommend waiting halfway through the time it takes to cook the beans to have hotdogs. I wouldn't want to cook a hotdog for four hours.
hotdogs are pre-cooked mostly so the only time you'd be looking at would be to reheat to your preference, so probably 20-30 before the beans are ready is when you'd put them in
lol. I don't think I've ever manually inspected my beans for defects. Nice recipe though. I like to use kidney beans, ketchup, onion, honey, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, pork belly, dry mustard powder and garlic.
that inspecting went out with better handling from the field, better combines and cleaning fans and sorting machines. even soaking has went out., just put them on the stove, bring them to a boil, cover and let set until cool, about an hour.
clean the beans one time and that is it!!!!!!!!!!! if you keep boiling and rinsing again and again you taking the most important from the beans... i do boil beans to the maximum and drink...
Yeah, but what he is doing takes the gas out. Some people have a lot of trouble with the gas from beans, although I hear that if you eat beans regularly your digestive system will stop passing gas from them!
Your baked beans from Jul 11, 2016 you tube video, you did not have any ketchup in it, and that looks like a lot of molasses. If I would make I would cut back, it takes over the taste too strong. I enjoyed the video
