Anything Butt Category

Bet you could find something here

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blalcohol4.htm

How about a side dish? Toss in some beer.

Beans, Baked, Keri's Hog-Apple, Thirdeye

I was thinkin' this might just the ticket for the Memorial Day weekend...Beans are one of my favorite side dishes. I have several of my own favorites, and 3 or 4 recipes from other folks I use. I generally cook beans (pinto and Great Northern) from scratch. With one or two exceptions I don't use canned beans, and I don't really care for the sweet BBQ baked beans. But I love cooking for others and BBQ baked beans are very popular, so lately the quest was on to find a GREAT recipe for baked beans. I have found it. You may be familiar with Keri C, who posts on several barbecue forums, her recipes are legendary. About 15 people recommended her recipe to me, here it is. The apple pie filling and the sausage are wonderful additions. This is a keeper.~thirdeye~







INGREDIENTS:
3-4 Slices Bacon, diced
2 16 Oz Can Pork and beans, mostly drained (modified to 2 28-oz cans Bush's Baked Beans - see note below)
1/2 cup 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 cup brown sugar
2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbs Mustard (prepared)
1 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder (optional, to taste*)
1 tsp Blues Hog barbecue rub (or your favorite de jour)




Procedure:
1 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.
2 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.
3 *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.
4 Keri C, smokin' on Tulsa Time
5 09/18/07

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Add all the goo from the pie filling. The beans get a rinse. ~thirdeye~


Recipe Type
Side Dish

Recipe Source
Source: BGE Forum, Thirdeye, 2007/05/26

09/17/07----egret,

First off, as you have probably heard, Keri's recipe is outstanding. It is one of three recipes which use canned beans that I make. (and one is a pasta/bean thing which does not even count). Anyway, I have made it both ways and something closer to the 2 - 28's is a real crowd pleaser.

I drain and rinse the beans in a colander so the can juice does not interfere with the magic in this recipe.

2009/06/17--Vadalia1-- I like it with peaches a lot better... Someone else mentioned cherries, give a nice3 color. Kim Youngblood (aka vidalia1) Lawrenceville, GA

2009/06/17--Thirdeye: :Randy, Because these are so good, I asked Keri a couple of years ago if I could add it to my site...I didn't get an reply one way or the other, so I didn't post it there. Plan on printing up copies of the recipe to hand out.....they are that well liked. Jack's Old South makes a version with peach pie filling and just this year Rick's Tropical Delight made another similar version with cherry pie filling. the color on Rick's were outstanding. I haven't gotten around to trying them yet.

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2009/07/25-Richard Fl. Did a batch today with cherries and brisket. Think pulled pork would be great also Great flavor. Be sure to drain the beans but not the pie filling.

Steve if i remember right it is the railway city brewing company.Cause if memory serves me right Mike Kerslake former canadian dizzy pig guy is helping on organizing this one. He had mentioned it tome in an email that is why he does not think he can make the first canadian fest cause all his time and effort will be in this comp!

I have found that here in California the "AB" catagory goes usually to a sweet desert dish.

With the thinking that the judges have just tasted and swallowed 4 different sauced meats so a refreshing flavor is always exciting to their taste buds. Kinda makes sense if you ask me.

Presentation goes "off the board" as well with very detailed offerings in these catagories.

Good luck, have fun.