Here’s my rendition of baked beans. Nothing complicated, but rather tasty.
Easy Baked beans
Ingredients
2 cans pork-n-beans, thoroughly drained
1/2 cup chopped onions
6 strips bacon (fatty and preferably smoked)
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
3 tbsp yellow mustard
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp brown sugar
Procedure
Fry the bacon in a skillet. Remove to a paper towel to drain. Reserve 3 tbsp of the grease.
Open the beans and thoroughly drain them. They should be as dry as you can get them. In a large bowl combine beans, ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, honey, and brown sugar. Mix well. Taste for flavor. If they need to be a bit sweeter, add more honey or brown sugar. For more color or tartness, add a little more mustard.
Once the flavor is to your liking, add the onion and mix well. Now you have an option, you can ether eat the bacon, or crumble it up and put it into the beans.
Next, add 3 tbsp of the bacon grease to the beans and stir well. Transfer to an oven safe baking dish.
At this point you can refrigerate the beans until ready for use. When you’re ready, bake in a 350 (F) degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
Notes
These are a sweet flavored baked bean. The secret to making them great is the bacon grease. Because of this, you’ll want to use the best bacon you can find. You’ll want a bacon with decent fat content so that you get at least 3 tbsp of grease, and also a bacon with a deep smokey flavor.
Easy Baked beans
Ingredients
2 cans pork-n-beans, thoroughly drained
1/2 cup chopped onions
6 strips bacon (fatty and preferably smoked)
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
3 tbsp yellow mustard
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp brown sugar
Procedure
Fry the bacon in a skillet. Remove to a paper towel to drain. Reserve 3 tbsp of the grease.
Open the beans and thoroughly drain them. They should be as dry as you can get them. In a large bowl combine beans, ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, honey, and brown sugar. Mix well. Taste for flavor. If they need to be a bit sweeter, add more honey or brown sugar. For more color or tartness, add a little more mustard.
Once the flavor is to your liking, add the onion and mix well. Now you have an option, you can ether eat the bacon, or crumble it up and put it into the beans.
Next, add 3 tbsp of the bacon grease to the beans and stir well. Transfer to an oven safe baking dish.
At this point you can refrigerate the beans until ready for use. When you’re ready, bake in a 350 (F) degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
Notes
These are a sweet flavored baked bean. The secret to making them great is the bacon grease. Because of this, you’ll want to use the best bacon you can find. You’ll want a bacon with decent fat content so that you get at least 3 tbsp of grease, and also a bacon with a deep smokey flavor.
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