Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of yellow eye beans (Navy or Great Northern beans)
- Mix:
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard or prepared mustard
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 large onion, cut in half
- 1 lb salt pork (sliced) boiling water, enough to cover
Directions
1. Soak 2 pounds of beans overnight.
2. Parboil beans until the skin peels away by blowing on a few beans
in a spoon.
3. Add the mix to the beans and stir slightly.
4. Slice 1 pound salt pork into sections.
5. Cut each section partly through in a criss-cross pattern and place
pieces on top of the beans.
6. Cover the beans and set to one side.
7. The bean hole should be dug into the ground and be half again as
large as your dutch oven or any other tightly lidded pot.
8. Using seasoned hard wood, accumulate live coals until hole is 3/4
9. Shovel out the coals leaving about 3 inches of live coals in the
bottom of the hole.
10. Set the bean pot in the hole on top of the 3 inch bed of coals.
11. Shovel the rest of the coals around and on top of the pot.
12. Cover with dirt and check for escaping steam and making sure none
is leaking out.
13. If steam is leaking out, cover area with more dirt.
14. Leave in the ground for 8 hours or overnight.
Note: Make sure the beans are completely covered with hot water
before putting in ground.
The beans need to go into the ground hot.