Baked Beans
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Smoked and Baked Anasazi Beans
1 lb dry Anasazi beans
6 cloves garlic
2 jalapenos
1 tsp epazote
8 oz shoulder bacon diced
1 yellow onion diced
2 green peppers diced
1 tsp cumin
1 tbs smoked paprika
2 tbs brown sugar
1 tbs spicy brown mustard
1/4 cup homemade bbq sauce *
1/2 cup homemade ketchup*
1 tbs soy or coconut amino
Salt and pepper to taste
(* homemade to avoid high fructose corn syrup)
Rinse and soak beans for 2 hours
Boil beans for 1 hour with 2 cloves of garlic, 1 jalapeno split and seeded, and epazote.
Saute bacon in cast iron pan
Remove bacon and gently saute onion, green pepper, minced garlic, and diced and seeded jalapeno in bacon fat with a bit of salt.
Drain beans reserve liquid.
Add beans and bacon to the pan with the vegetables.
Add the remaining ingredients with a bit of the bean liquid.
Stir well and bring to a simmer.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Smoke at 225 degrees for 2 hours stirring periodically. Add a bit of the bean liquid if it gets too dry.
Serve
This works well with a 3,2,1 rib recipe cooking the beans during the 2 hour wrap phase.
1 lb dry Anasazi beans
6 cloves garlic
2 jalapenos
1 tsp epazote
8 oz shoulder bacon diced
1 yellow onion diced
2 green peppers diced
1 tsp cumin
1 tbs smoked paprika
2 tbs brown sugar
1 tbs spicy brown mustard
1/4 cup homemade bbq sauce *
1/2 cup homemade ketchup*
1 tbs soy or coconut amino
Salt and pepper to taste
(* homemade to avoid high fructose corn syrup)
Rinse and soak beans for 2 hours
Boil beans for 1 hour with 2 cloves of garlic, 1 jalapeno split and seeded, and epazote.
Saute bacon in cast iron pan
Remove bacon and gently saute onion, green pepper, minced garlic, and diced and seeded jalapeno in bacon fat with a bit of salt.
Drain beans reserve liquid.
Add beans and bacon to the pan with the vegetables.
Add the remaining ingredients with a bit of the bean liquid.
Stir well and bring to a simmer.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Smoke at 225 degrees for 2 hours stirring periodically. Add a bit of the bean liquid if it gets too dry.
Serve
This works well with a 3,2,1 rib recipe cooking the beans during the 2 hour wrap phase.
I still love Lonnie's Bitterroot baked beans. He went by Bitterroot on WFF. I still have his recipe saved if anyone wants it. Made it lost night in fact.
Sure…
I made these tonight: https://www.seriouseats.com/boston-baked-beans-recipe
But I used Christmas lima beans from Rancho Gordo. Phenomenal!
But I used Christmas lima beans from Rancho Gordo. Phenomenal!
Made a batch of Lonnie's beans for a small labor day bb.
Here's the recipe. Lonnie just asks if you share it to share the full story.
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Blodget Canyon Baked Beans
Combine the following ingredients in a large mixing bowl:
3/4 lb. bacon ends & pieces or thick cut bacon, trimmed of excess fat and fried
1 med. onion, chopped and fried with bacon
1 16oz. can pork & beans, drain excess liquid but do not rinse
1 16oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 16oz. can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 C. ketchup
1/2 Tbl. honey mustard
1/2 Tbl. cider vinegar
1/4 C. brown sugar
1/4 C. molasses
pinch of salt
pinch of freshly ground pepper
1 shot of bourbon
After mixing thoroughly, transfer to a bean pot or 10" dutch oven and bake at 350 F for 1 to 1 1/2 hrs. Stir once or twice during the cooking process and a little water can be added to obtain desired consistency or if the beans are drying out.
I call this recipe Blodgett Canyon Baked Beans in honor of my good friend Don Mackey. He and I spent much time in Blodgett Canyon in the Bitterroot Mountains while we were growing up. He went on to become a Missoula Smoke Jumper and was killed in the Storm King Mountain Fire in Colorado. A bronze statue memorializes him about 1/4 mile up the canyon trail and you can read about his death in the book, "Fire On The Mountain" by John Maclean. Raise a glass to Don prior to comsumption.
Enjoy!
Lonnie
p.s. I don't consider this a "secret" recipe, however, if you pass it on I ask that the story of Don be passed along with it.