Maple Baked Beans

Name: Maple Baked Beans
Cook time: 6 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium-size yellow onion , chopped; 3 cups slow-cooked or two 15.5-ounce cans navy beans or Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed; ½ cup pure maple syrup; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ¼ cup tomato paste mixed with 1½ cups hot water

Chef

Robin Robertson

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Cookbook

Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals That Are Ready When You Are

Published by Harvard Common Press

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With a slow cooker, you can recreate the old-fashioned goodness of baked beans when they were simmered for hours in a ceramic bean pot not unlike the insert of a slow cooker. The natural sweetness of pure maple syrup adds to the great flavor.

Serves4

Cooking Time6 min

Cooking Methodslow cooking

CostInexpensive

Easy

Total Timehalf-day

Make Ahead RecipeYes

One Pot MealYes

OccasionBuffet, Casual Dinner Party, Family Get-together

Recipe Coursemain course

Dietary Considerationdiabetic, egg-free, gluten-free, halal, healthy, high fiber, kosher, lactose-free, low cholesterol, low saturated fat, low-fat, peanut free, soy free, tree nut free, vegan, vegetarian

Equipmentcrock pot

Five Ingredients or LessYes

Mealdinner

Moodblue, stressed

Taste and Texturejuicy, sharp, sweet, tangy

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium-size yellow onion, chopped
3 cups slow-cooked or two 15.5-ounce cans navy beans or Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
½ cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup tomato paste mixed with 1½ cups hot water

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, cover, and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
Transfer the onion to a 3½- to 4-quart slow cooker. Add the beans, maple syrup, mustard, salt, and pepper. Pour in the tomato paste mixture, cover, and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

2004 Robin Robertson