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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: Dehydrating canned pork&beans
 
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wannabeoutthere
03/19/2014 07:26PM
 
Drain them first then spread on parchment paper. They rehydyrate quickly and taste great!
 
kenf
03/19/2014 04:51PM
 
Any suggestions/tips for dehydrating a big can of pork & beans?
--Ken
 
billconner
03/19/2014 06:02PM
 
Chicagored served that. He said he just spread it on a tray and dehydrated it. Not sure there was a lot of pork chunks in it. Rehydrated really well to go with second night brats. I'd put them on parchment paper but a roll up tray would work well I suspect.
 
kenf
03/19/2014 07:34PM
 
Thanks Bill. I spread it on a tray and set the dehydrator to 145 for the first half hour then turned it down to 135. I'll post results when I rehydrate it. If I can get acceptable results the pork & beans will be part of a shore lunch with fried potatoes and onions and fresh caught walleye.
--Ken
 
Chicagored
03/22/2014 03:59PM
 
quote billconner: "Chicagored served that. He said he just spread it on a tray and dehydrated it. Not sure there was a lot of pork chunks in it. Rehydrated really well to go with second night brats. I'd put them on parchment paper but a roll up tray would work well I suspect."


I poured it out on the roll up trays for about 6 hours at 140 or so. Then I turned it over and let it go another 2 hours. I don't drain the beans first. Lot of flavor in the sauce.



 
Miketheflyguy1
03/24/2014 04:53PM
 
Can we add bourbon ?
 
fraxinus
03/24/2014 05:59PM
 
quote Miketheflyguy1: "Can we add bourbon ?"


No, there's a little known clause buried in The Wilderness Act, lobbied in by the Minnesota Women's Christian Temperance Union, I think it's a subsection of the part that bans mechanical portaging devices. It is permissible to carry in dehydrated beans, and bourbon separately, but clearly, as God intended they are not to be mixed. You do so at the risk of having your bourbon confiscated. #^)
 
KevinL
03/21/2014 06:42PM
 
I just pour them on my fruit trays. I do not drain them at all. I do get low fat ones, but don't know if that makes any difference or not. Same way that I do refined beans.
 
OBX2Kayak
03/21/2014 06:35PM
 
Mmmm. Sounds tasty. Think I'll give it a try.
 
rainstorm
03/23/2014 04:33PM
 
I put a 22 oz can of Bush's Bourbon and Brown Sugar on a solid liner sprayed with Pam for 12 hours or so--turn over once.Seal in a vacuum bag that can also be used to rehydrate and heat in boiling water.Delish with dehydrated coleslaw and a bunch of walleyes.