Best Baked Beans & Bacon

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Ingredients:

1 lb Dry Carioca beans or Pinto beans soaked overnight 5 cloves Garlic 1 Onion medium 4 oz Fresh Cilantro 5 slices Bacon 4-5 cups Vegetable or Beef broth 1 Bay leaf 2 teaspoons Salt 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper

Soak Beans

01

The night before, add the beans to a large bowl and cover with water. Soak overnight. When ready to cook, drain the beans

Puree Veggies

02

Put the garlic, onion and cilantro with 2 tbls water in a blender and purée it until all minced. Add another tbls of water if needed.

Slice Bacon

03

Add to Pot

04

Into a dutch oven or pot with lid (or slow cooker) add the bacon, beans, the puréed mixture, bay leaf, salt and pepper.  Cover with broth.  Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, over and cook 1.5-2 hours until the beans are tender.

Puree some beans

05

puree a small amount of them to help thicken the liquid and make it into a creamy sauce.

Mix!

06

Mix the pureed beans back into the rest of the beans.

Serve & Enjoy!!