Baked Beans

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Baked beans - who doesn't like them?

So many recipes too. I cheated on my recipe so it was not a multiday process ---> only an hour of prep time.

    • ~100 ounces canned baked beans (B&M, preferred, or Bush’s)
    • 2 cups pineapple tidbits, drained
    • 1 large onion chopped
    • 1/2 cup molasses
    • 1 1/2 cups Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
    • 1 large Anaheim pepper, seeded and finely diced
      Optional: replace Anaheim pepper with Poblano pepper (a tad more heat). Add Jalapeño pepper for even more)
    • 4 tablespoons spicy or yellow mustard
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1 cup ketchup
    • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper
    • 6 - 8 slices uncooked bacon cut in ½ square inch pieces
  • Instructions
    • Preheat oven to 325F
    • Cook the bacon until browned, then add the onion and peppers and sauté until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Set aside and let cool for a few minutes.
    • In a large mixing bowl add in all the spices, cooked beans, the cooked onions and mix until fully combined.
    • Pour in a 9x13 baking dish.
    • Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the top is dark and caramelized nicely
Care to share your recipe?
 
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RCF said:
Baked beans - who doesn't like them?

So many recipes too. I cheated on my recipe so it was not a multiday process ---> only an hour of prep time.

    • ~100 ounces canned baked beans (B&M, preferred, or Bush’s)
    • 2 cups pineapple tidbits, drained
    • 1 large onion chopped
    • 1/2 cup molasses
    • 1 1/2 cups Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
    • 1 large Anaheim pepper, seeded and finely diced
      Optional: replace Anaheim pepper with Poblano pepper (a tad more heat). Add Jalapeño pepper for even more)
    • 4 tablespoons spicy or yellow mustard
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1 cup ketchup
    • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper
    • 6 - 8 slices uncooked bacon cut in ½ square inch pieces
  • Instructions
    • Preheat oven to 325F
    • Cook the bacon until browned, then add the onion and peppers and sauté until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Set aside and let cool for a few minutes.
    • In a large mixing bowl add in all the spices, cooked beans, the cooked onions and mix until fully combined.
    • Pour in a 9x13 baking dish.
    • Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the top is dark and caramelized nicely
Care to share your recipe?
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Step 1: open and heat can of Bush's baked beans.
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I like to keep it simple and easy.

This year I got bacon from the meat counter at QFC. It is so much better tasting and very little fat. And I mean very little! Did not even to pour any fat out of the sauté pan. Actually had to add butter to sauté the veggies...

Edited to add: When our friends were dishing out the baked beans for themselves, I noticed if they saw some bacon, in the serving dish, they would purposely add it to their bowl. Made an adjustment to this recipe for more bacon.
 
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Buzzy said:
This is what I do but reading RCF’s recipe brought back the porcelain baked bean pot that my mom used - I don’t have the pot or her recipe but thinking back, those were some really good beans (with more than one tiny piece of pork belly). Thanks Chris!
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Ahhh...this brings back memories of Mom's old brown stoneware bean pot.
Sadly, it met it's demise when she took it out of a cold ice chest and tried heating it on a Coleman stove at a family picnic.
 
I am in the heat and eat camp when it comes to beans, just open the can and start eating-just what you need for camping. Baked beans in a can have been around for 130 years now and have stood the test of time, they have over a hundred years of experience at being one of the original fast foods! I like to add mustard, brown sugar and some Bullseye barbecue sauce, nothing fancy but just enough to give the beans some more character.

Note: I think Bullseye is better than SBR's, it is cheaper, tastes better and has a more favorable ingredient list.
 
I like to take a sausage of my liking (kielbasa, andouille, chorizo, what have you) and slice 1/8" half moons which I then sear in a pan. They, along with chopped onion, brown sugar, molasses, dijon, liquid smoke and whatever spices are handy get mixed into canned beans. Pour into pan, cover with bacon slices and drizzle ketchup and yellow mustard over the top. Bake until you cant stand it anymore.
 
@RCF; Not a criticism but an observation that that is a lot of sugar in the recipe from various sources. Though, minus the ketchup and peppers, it seems very similar to my grandmother's made with great northerns, I think.
 
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wanderingrichard said:
@RCF; Not a criticism but an observation that that is a lot of sugar in the recipe from various sources. Though, minus the ketchup and peppers, it seems very similar to my grandmother's made with great northerns, I think.
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You are correct. I cut the sugar amount in half previously. May/will cut it more.
 
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iveofione said:
I am in the heat and eat camp when it comes to beans, just open the can and start eating-just what you need for camping. Baked beans in a can have been around for 130 years now and have stood the test of time, they have over a hundred years of experience at being one of the original fast foods! I like to add mustard, brown sugar and some Bullseye barbecue sauce, nothing fancy but just enough to give the beans some more character.

Note: I think Bullseye is better than SBR's, it is cheaper, tastes better and has a more favorable ingredient list.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I will try it :)
 
I like Trent Rollin's Cowboy Baked Beans. It uses canned beans so you only need to cook the bacon and heat everything up.

The exact recipe can be found online but basically:

A can of Van Camps Pork n beans
A can of ranch style beans
Bacon
Onion
Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
BBQ sauce
Mustard
Brown sugar

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Jaydub said:
I like Trent Rollin's Cowboy Baked Beans. It uses canned beans so you only need to cook the bacon and heat everything up.

The exact recipe can be found online but basically:

A can of Van Camps Pork n beans
A can of ranch style beans
Bacon
Onion
Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
BBQ sauce
Mustard
Brown sugar

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I’m a fan of chipotle in adobo…usually put it in my chili…

I always put bacon and a sausage in mine, usually andouille or linguica…and usually black beans and pintos…onions & garlic…ketchup & brown mustard…brown sugar and lots of black pepper…cook it covered for an hour at 300, then uncovered for 20 minutes at 350…

And usually serve it with these…ribs & collards
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While there are some 'acceptable' canned beans , which I eat quite often, they don't hold a candle to some of the homemade baked beans I've had the pleasure to taste.
@RCF, thanks for starting this thread!
 
Keep it simple:
  • open can of Bush's maple - brown sugar
  • pour into pyrex baking dish
  • squirt in some Catsup
  • add some brown sugar
  • add good pour of maple syrup
  • cover
  • bake 'til done
Helpful hints
  • never measure anything, measuring is for actual bakery type goods, of which baked beans are not
  • adding bacon never hurts anything, so go ahead and add an extra step
  • if you really want to be creative, add hot dogs (never chopped) - this gives you weins and beaners

Enjoy
 
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