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Canadian
Maple Baked Beans Side
195 min total15 prep180 cook8 servings260 cal
Slow-baked navy beans sweetened with maple syrup and mustard until thick and glossy. A Canadian barbecue and breakfast side.
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Ingredients
8servings
pantry
- 1 lbdried navy beans
- 0.5 cupmaple syrup
- 3 tbsptomato paste
- 2 tbspyellow mustard
- 2 tbspmolasses
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1.5 tspsalt
- 0.5 tspblack pepper
produce
- 1onion
- 2 clovesgarlic
other
- 4 cupwater
Steps
- Soak beans overnight; drain and simmer in fresh water 45 minutes until starting to soften; drain.
- Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Dice onion and mince garlic.
- Stir beans with maple, tomato paste, mustard, molasses, onion, garlic, paprika, salt, pepper, and water.
- Transfer to a bean pot or Dutch oven.
- Cover and bake 2.5–3 hours, stirring occasionally and adding water if dry.
- Uncover the last 30 minutes to thicken.
- Taste and adjust maple or salt.
- Serve hot as a side.
- Excellent with eggs and toast at breakfast.
- Refrigerate up to 5 days.
Tips
- Soak dried beans overnight for even cooking.
- Keep beans covered with liquid as they bake.
- Maple should taste present but not candy-sweet.
- They taste even better reheated the next day.
