Mom’s Baked Beans
Description
I couldn’t come up with a good picture for these since they basically look like canned baked beans, but I wanted to get down an outline of what Mom has done in the past and what’s easy to do any time you’d like another dish to add to a barbecue. Mom found her recipe at Cooking Light, but again, I’m listing below an outline, with options.
Ingredients
Mom’s Baked Beans
1/2 lb. (1/2 package) bacon, diced (or maybe 2 c. diced leftover ham)
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 to 4 T. finely chopped chipotle chile, canned in adobo sauce
1 or 2 red, orange or yellow peppers, finely chopped (optional)
1/3 c. dark brown sugar
3 T. Dijon mustard (though I’m sure regular would do)
3 cans (28 oz/796 mL) navy beans rinsed and drained -or- regular baked beans canned in tomato sauce
2 c. barbecue sauce (your favorite)
1 t. smoked salt (optional)
Instructions
Cook the bacon in a large skillet until it’s crispy then remove it from the pan and discard most of the drippings – you need a couple of tablespoons to cook the onion in. Add in the onion, chile and peppers if using, (I had put the onion through the food processor with the chile) and saute it all until the vegetables have softened.
Now here, you can either mix the bacon, onion mixture and the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl, put it all into a greased 9 x 13 casserole and bake it at 350 for about 45 minutes – OR – put it all into your slowcooker and cook it on low for a few hours – OR – in my case, these were for a huge barbecue, I needed to transport them and then I wasn’t sure how I would reheat them so I added the remaining ingredients to my large skillet and simmered it all for about a half hour to bring the flavors together and then took them to the barbecue in a large pot and gently reheated them on the stove.
If everything has had some time to be cooked together, you can’t really wreck beans, they’re super tasty hot (this also brings out the spice), room temperature or straight out of the refrigerator – great an as addition to any barbecue, sandwich or potluck – enjoy!
- Category: Beans, Slow Cooker
