Baked Beans Ideas?

highpress

I'll be making some pulled pork this weekend, and I think i want to try to make some baked beans. Maybe while the pork is resting i'll put the beans on. I very rarely eat beans, (maybe once a year?) but i had some really good baked beans a few weeks ago. Anyways, do you guys have any suggestions for a simple bean recipe to go with pulled pork? I'm looking for something quick and easy, not too complicated. I don't have a DO either. :ermm: :huh: Could i buy canned beans and whip up something good in the egg?

Rascal

Here ya go... they're truly orgasmic!

Little Chef

Highpress.....No problem! Since you want it quick and easy, here you go. Buy some canned baked beans from the market, drain off some of the liquid they come packed in (but don't drain all of it). Sautee some bacon, once crisp add some chopped onion, get the onion fairly soft, add the beans and a few tablespoons of your favorite BBQ sauce. Heat through, and you are good to go!! If you want to kick it up a notch, you can add some diced jalepenos when you add the onion to sautee. (Since this isn't something you usually eat, Bush's Best makes some fairly decent baked beans. Choose whichever flavor sounds best to you....they have several).

highpress

Perfect. Will see if i can find these at my local grocer. Thanks.

highpress

Thanks LC. Rascal recommended the same brand you did; Bush's. Must be some pretty good stuff. I will see if i can find i can of it and i'll try adding the bacon, onion and BBQ sauce. Sounds good already!

fishlessman

if i dont have a couple days to make beans i will heat up some B&M baked beans. homemade annd B&M are newengland staples but i dont know how far they distribute out. if they are in your area buy a can of B&M brown bread, slice toast butter. bread in a can sounds horrible, but its great with beans

thirdeye

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Car Wash Mike

I use Bushes Baked Beans. Make sure you drain them. Then I doctor up with onion, mustard, brown sugar, some form of bbqed meat, KC Masterpiece.
I cook indirect at 250 with cherry wood for a few hours.



Mike

thirdeye

My vote is for KeriC's Hog Apple Beans. Amongst bacon and sausage, these use canned apple pie filling for the sweetener.

The recipe is so good that I make copies of the recipe to hand out when I serve them.



Keri's Hog-Apple Baked Beans

3 or 4 slices bacon, diced
2 (16 oz) cans pork and beans, mostly drained (modified to 2 28-oz cans Bush's Baked Beans - see note below)
1/2 c. Blues Hog BBQ Sauce (or other sweet-spicy favorite)
1 lb. smoked leftover smoked pork or beef, more or less, or 1 lb crumbled cooked pork sausage
1 can apple pie filling
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. Mustard (prepared)
1 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder (optional, to taste*)
1 tsp Blues Hog barbecue rub (or your favorite de jour)

Brown bacon, and saute onion and green pepper in bacon grease. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake at 325º for 1 hour, or simmer on stovetop in large pot for 30 minutes if you don't have time to do them in the oven. Serves 12.

This recipe began life as APPLE PIE BAKED BEANS from somewhere on the web, but I think I've made enough changes to it now to claim it as my own. This is my standard for baked beans anymore.

*This is a rather spicy recipe due to the chipotle/cayenne powder. Feel free to leave it out if you'll be feeding those who prefer a less spicy taste.

Keri C, smokin' on Tulsa Time
_____

Lately, I've been using two of the 28-oz cans of Bush's Original Baked Beans - I think I'm going to try it with the new Honey variety next. Happier with the results with these. -kc

Another update... Jack's Old South does something similar to this, but I understand that they use peach pie filling instead.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Keri C, July 17, 2006 04:29 PM

fishlessman

wonder how the straight up goya can beans would work if baked a few hours with some sauce, 0nions, bbq sauce etc, something ive never thought of. busch beans are pressure cooked, their label lies

Little Chef

Man o man....I haven't had B&M brown bread for YEARS!!! Growing up in New England, it was a treat with dinner! Pop it in the toaster, butter it up...yum. Haven't seen B&M beans in the Florida area, but I also admit I stopped looking several years ago.

fishlessman

im not too much a fan of canned beans, but i kill for homemade :laugh: its hard to describe to someone how good canned brown bread is if they have never grown up with it

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Sundown

now that's the way to do things. We still bake ours in an old bean pot. Come out the same way every time. The secret is the fatback you use.

In a pinch, B&M the best beans in a can.

Panhandle Smoker

Car wash Mikes beans are awesome and simple. They are in the Q-ing rotation with ribs and pulled pork. I have been making thm with brisket meat. I have not yet done thirdeye's but they too look good.

mr toad

Question for you

if i change beans as you suggest – the recipe moves from 32oz. of beans to 54oz. of beans –

is this correct

thanks, mr toad

mr toad

one thing we do the bump the beans up a bit

take the hamburger meat - make large flat burgers - smoke in red oak

crumble and add to beans

rdeal

thirdeye

Correct

RRP

I would have chimed in about that recipe since I love it, but I thought the rquest was for a simple recipe kinda like 1) go to store 2) buy can of beans 3) heat beans in pot

Here's my recent Keri's apple beans. What a hit they were at the party!

PlanoPokes79

that is almost identical to what I do, very good results and a good smokey taste. Never any left over.

Car Wash Mike

If I can, I will break them out in Plano! Looks okay so far.

Mike

highpress

I've definately seen the B&M beans around here before. I'll check them out. I saw in a reply you said that Bush's beans are pressure cooked or something... Do you not like them?

highpress

Sounds great CWM. Maybe i'll stick the beans on the egg for a couple hours while i'm letting the pork rest. I'm actually getting excited about making BEANS!

highpress

Yeah, i've actually seen a few threads regarding this recipe for beans in earlier searches that i had done for "baked beans". A couple people were raving about it. But to be honest, i normally don't like/eat beans. I'm fixing this mainly as a side dish for the pulled pork for our guests. I wanted something i could just throw together with little effort. I didn't want to spend a lot of time/energy making something i normally don't like. But if i do decide i actually "like" beans, this will definately be my next recipe!

highpress

That seams like a hell of alot of beans to me.. How much is that? Do you just freeze it or did you eat all that at one time? I think i'll try CWM's method this weekend. I don't have any pulled pork or brisket already cooked and frozen, so i'll probably just cook some bacon and put it in there like suggested earlier.

PlanoPokes79

Sorry to miss it, opening weekend of deer season, will be at the lease trying get some meat for the freezer/smoker!!

hornhonk

B&M baked beans ,brown bread, hot dogs and Guldens' mustard! I love it :laugh:

TurtleCreek

I kick my cannd beans (usually Buschs) up with Dizzy Pigs Pineapple Head seasoned chunked Pineapple, bacon, sauted onions & hot peppers, etc ... and simmer it in the Egg if I have room available.

thirdeye

You want to know what's weird.... I don't care for "baked" beans either. I'm more of a scratch bean guy myself.....Pinto's and Great Northerns. BUT, if you smoke a fatty the day before you plan to make Keri's beans, the prep is only about 15 minutes and the cook time is one hour.

Mr. & Mrs Potatohead

This one isn't hard, doesn't take a lot of time to put together (relying on canned goods) and yet, will give a flavor that will provoke an all day cook!



Amarillo, Ranch Beans

(From the Pan Handle of Texas)



1)) Start with most any left over pork from a cook...But I have to admit it is also very easy to start with browning up 1/2 to 1 lb. of sliced, diced lean ham.

I do this in my heavy cast iron, enameled roaster or Dutch oven with about 2 T. of oil.

Toward the end of this browning process, I stir in about 1 to 2 t. Chili Powder, coating the ham / meat and somewhat browning it in.



2)) Once the meat is browned, add to the roaster:

1 - Lg. onion (grated)

4 to 6 Cloves of garlic (crushed)

Then continue the sauté’ until the onion is just soft. A bit more oil may be needed.



3)) Add to the roaster either, 2 cans of Ro-Tel (Original or Milder) or one can each of Ro-Tel and Diced Tomatoes (15 oz.), depending on how "zippy" you want the beans.

2 C. tomato sauce

1 - 4oz. can of chopped or diced Green Chilies

2 to 4 t. of Dry Mustard

1/4 C. Dark Molasses

1 T. Liquid Smoke, more or less to taste (if you're cooking on the stove)

12oz. Dark, robust beer

Cook this sauce, uncovered, indirect, at 300 F. on the egg for about an hour (until it becomes really thick) with an apple or cherry smoke-wood.



3)) Add the beans:

These can be drained some, if you wish. But I just add with the liquid and let it cook down.

2 - 28 oz. cans of Bush's Onion Baked Beans

2 - 16 oz. can of Bush's Chili Beans, Medium (they come in mild, medium and hot)

1 - 16 oz. can of Kuner's Southwestern, Jalapeno Black Beans.

(Any black bean will do, but the Kuner’s Southwestern brand adds an extra zip, that I like, with a few slices of Jalapeno)



4)) Continue the cook until the beans are heated through and you reach the thickness you desire.

emilluca

I went to the mexican grocery and they had canary beans. They are yellow and I used them in a recipe and they were great.
http://www.recipezaar.com/Smoky-Baked-Beans-Originally-Canary-Baked-Beans-75803
Great with brown rice.
Give it a try the epazote is at the mexican grocer also.
E