Ingredients
1 lb. navy beans
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 lb. bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 medium onion, chopped roughly
1/3 c brown sugar
1/3 c molasses
1 t dry mustard
1/4 c apple cider vinegar
1/2 t black pepper
3 c stock
2 bay leaves
1 t salt
- Soak beans overnight. In morning, preheat oven to 325.
- Fill 2 1/2 qt. Dutch oven halfway full with water. Add soda and boil. Add beans and allow to return to boil for 10 minutes. Drain beans and set aside.
- Place half the bacon into Dutch oven with onion. Add beans. Top with remaining pork. In a medium bowl, mix sugar, molasses, mustard, and S&P with stock. Pour over beans. Cover and bake 6 hours, adding additional water as needed to prevent the tops of beans from drying out.
- Serves 4–6
About the Author
Ruby Dee is a singer and songwriter whose latest release “Live From Austin Texas” earned her rockabilly-roots band Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers a Grammy consideration for Best Americana Album in 2011. Her cookbook “Ruby’s Juke Joint Americana Cookbook” shares 120 of Ruby’s original recipes, and includes a CD of music to cook by. For more information on Ruby’s Juke Joint Americana Cookbook, to listen to Ruby’s Kitchen Radio Show or to contact the author, go to www.rubysjukejoint.com and of course Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Rubys-Juke-Joint-Americana-Cookbook/183336818364780 and Twitter at @rubysjukejoint.
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