Crock Pot Bacon Baked Beans - Recipes That Crock! (2024)

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Is it better to cook beans on low or high in crock pot? ›

Turn cooker to HIGH and cook beans until they're tender and cooked through, about 5-6 hours for unsoaked beans. (You can also cook the unsoaked beans on low, which would take about twice as long.) Drain beans.

I freeze them in two-cup portions, which makes it easy to pull out just what I need for a recipe. With beans made in the slow cooker, pre-soaking them is far less important than with other cooking methods. The long cooking time means that those beans will definitely soften!

Cook on low for 8-10 hours or 4-6 hours on high or until the beans are tender.

Put frozen or thawed bacon in a crock pot – as much as you can fit. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. Drain, saving the grease for future needs.

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Place soaked beans in crock pot. Add any seasonings: salt and pepper, garlic, jalapenos, onions (to taste). Cover with water by about 2 inches. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 6 hours.

"If you rinse your beans thoroughly, you will have a consistently flavored product, but if you do not rinse them, different amounts of salt will remain in the dish each time you cook it, and it will be hard to cook consistently," he says.

Modern cooking websites often say it doesn't matter. In a way, they're both right. Soaking beans can help improve the texture of the final product once the beans are cooked and reduce the gas produced when the food is being digested. But it isn't necessary to soak them.

The purpose of using a crock pot is to lessen the amount of dishes you have – or something like that. Cover your beans and let them rest overnight. I always do this part right before I go to bed and then I know they're ready when we're done with breakfast. It only takes a little bit of planning on your part.

Extra protein: Add diced ham, cooked ground beef, or shredded chicken to the baked beans for an extra boost of protein. Additional vegetables: Include diced green bell pepper, onions, or mushrooms to the recipe for added texture and flavor. Tangy: Replace yellow mustard with Dijon, whole-grain mustard, or dry mustard.

How to heat bush's baked beans? ›

If you've got a microwave, then pour the beans into a bowl, microwave them for a couple of minutes, give them a stir and repeat until they're hot enough for you to enjoy. You can also pour them into a pot and heat them over a medium flame, stirring occasionally, until you're satisfied with their temperature.

Either drain off some of the excess liquid, add a thickener such as a starch slurry, or simply cook the beans longer until the liquid reduces out.

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until much of the grease has been released, but bacon is still flexible. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Stir together baked beans, onion, apple, brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard in a 9-inch square baking dish until well combined.

To keep bacon strips crisp in a Crock-Pot, just set it to warm, give the insert a spritz of cooking spray and pop the bacon in. You can also use a chafing dish and serve the bacon buffet-style if you're cooking for a crowd.

The best way to use bacon in a slow cooker is going to be to either cook it first in a skillet or the oven and then add those cooked and mostly crispy to fully crispy slices to your slow cooker meal.

Check your beans at the end of the cooking time to make sure they are gently boiling. 2. The cooked beans should be very, very tender before serving. If your beans are not soft after 8 hours of cooking, they may be too old or your slow cooker may not be working correctly.

Cooking with hard water

If you pre-soaked your beans and still find that they are not softening, it may be because you are cooking them in hard water.

It's easy to overcook when the beans are on high. Different beans require different cooking times. I recommend cooking beans on low and after about 6-8 hours, start checking them every 30-60 minutes to see when they are soft. Once they are cooked, simply pour them into a strainer and wait for them to cool.