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Microwaving Baked Beans
Saves Energy and Heat
in the Kitchen
Several people asked me recen
tly about preparing baked beans in
the microwave. Their convention
al recipes, heated quickly in the
microwave, turned into baked
bean soup!
Since there is much less evapo
ration in a microwave, convention
al recipes don’t work for QUICK
microwave heating. Without the
long baking times the sauce is too
soupy. You need a special micro
wave recipe to have quick beans.
However, conventional recipes
will work if you leave the beans
uncovered and use a low power to
microwave the casserole almost as
long as you do in the oven! In their
cookbook, “Mastering Microwave
Cookery,” Cone and Snyder
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bean casserole.
Your favorite baked bean recipe
will probably adapt to microwave
heating, but you won’t save much
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microsafe casserole. (Saute onion
first alone, as directed in the
recipes below.) Microwave on
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as long as the range recipe sug
gests. The first lime you try adapt
ing a recipe, stir and check it every
15 minutes to see that it does not
become 100 dry.
To adapt a baked bean recipe for
quick microwaving, you must use
drier ingredients. Substitute toma
to paste for ketchup; brown sugar
for molasses; dry mustard for pre
pared mustard, etc. to reduce the
soupy sauce. See the Quick Baked
Bean recipe below.
Here are two baked bean recipes
designed for the microwave, that
don’t take hours to cook. However,
the longer you simmer the beans
the better the flavor becomes. Pre
pare these beans ahead of time, and
let the flavor develop in your
refrigerator if you want to avoid a
long cooking lime. (Then reheat,
of course!)
Mixed Baked Beans
4 slices bacon
1 chopped onion
1 can (15-16 ounce) kidney beans,
drained
1 can (15-16 ounce) butter or lima
beans, drained
2 cans (15-16 ounce each) pork
and beans, undrained
'/ cup ketchup
'/ cup dark brown sugar
'A teaspoon dry mustard
1. Microwave bacon between
paper towels on a large dinner
plate until crisp: HIGH POWER
FOR 3-4 MINUTES. Crumble
three slices together, then crumble
last slice separately for topping, set
aside.
2. Saute onion in a 2 quart cas
serole until tender: HIGH POWER
FOR 2-4 MINUTES. Stir in
remaining ingredients and three
slices crumbled bacon. Cover and
bring to a boil, stirring every 5
minutes: HIGH POWER FOR
10-15 MINUTES. Sprinkle top
with remaining slice crumbled
bacon. Reduce power and simmer
uncovered to blend flavors and
thicken sauce: MEDIUM POWER
(50,5) FOR 10-15 MINUTES.
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Quick Baked Beans
1 slice bacon
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 can (16 ounce) pork and beans
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon brown sugar
'A teaspoon dry mustard
1. Microwave bacon between a
folded paper towel until crispy and
brown: HIGH POWER FOR
1-1/2 MINUTES. Crumble.
2. Saute onion in a one quart
casserole until lender: HIGH
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POWER FOR VA -2 MINUTES.
Stir in remaining ingredients,
leave uncovered, and bring to a
boil: HIGH POWER FOR 5-7
MINUTES.
3. Simmer uncovered to blend
flavors and thicken sauce:
MEDIUM POWER (50,5) for
10-12 MINUTES. Serves 2.
Tips: This recipe can easily be
doubled or tripled. Increase time in
step 2, until ingredients reach boil
ing. Time in step 3 remains the
same.
Freeze remaining tomato
paste in 1 tablespoon blobs on a
waxed paper covered tray. When
frozen, peel off and store in freezer
container or bag for future use!
Note: Microwave times are
approximate since oven speeds
vary so greatly. If you have a “fast”
microwave, start with the shorter
times given in the recipes. If your
microwave is “slow,” use the lon
ger times or add time if needed.
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