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Baked Beans and Ham

Source of Recipe


Southern Living, February 2005






List of Ingredients



• 1 (20-ounce) package dried 15-bean soup mix
  
• 4 cups water
  
• 2 (8-ounce) smoked ham hocks
  
• 1 large sweet onion, diced
  
• 2 cups chopped cooked ham
  
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  
• 2 cups catsup
  
• 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  
• 2 Tbsp spicy brown mustard
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1/2 tsp dried crushed red pepper
  
• 1/4 cup bourbon (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water 2 inches above beans, and soak 8 hours. Drain.
   
   
2. Bring beans, 4 cups water, and ham hocks to a boil in a Dutch oven; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until beans are tender. Drain. Remove beans; set beans aside. Remove ham hocks, and let cool; chop meat, discarding skin and bones.
   
   
3. Sauté onion and 2 cups ham in hot oil in Dutch oven 5 minutes, or until onion is tender. Add beans, reserved meat from ham hocks, catsup, next 4 ingredients and, if desired, bourbon to Dutch oven. Bake, covered, at 350° F for 1 hour.
   
   Makes 6 to 8 servings.