Discover The Delicious Baked Beans For A Great Backyard BBQ!!
Discover The Delicious Baked Beans For A Great Backyard BBQ!!
A typical American backyard barbecue is never complete without baked beans. Although, beans cook a long time — about the same amount of time it takes to prepare a good barbecue – this dish is very much wanted during these summer picnics. It’s popularity can be attributed to the simple steps of cooking and its health benefits as well.
Depending on who your guests are, we have two varieties of this special dish. Cook the second recipe if there are children who will be joining your barbeque. They will love the addition of hotdogs. Read on and we will show you how preparing baked beans is as easy as 1-2-3.
Baked Beans with Molasses
1 pound dried beans
4 strips thick-cut bacon
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 c of your favorite beer
1/2 c molasses
1 tsp sweet paprika
2 tbsps brown light sugar
1 tbsp dry yellow mustard
2 tbsps sweet pickle relish
Salt to taste
Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil with a stockpot over high heat. Add the beans and cook for 5 minutes. Take out any residue from the surface. Remove from the heat and soak beans for one to two hours. Drain the beans and discard the liquid.
With an ovenproof skillet over low heat, cook the bacon just until it’s beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Absorb the oil from bacon by placing it on paper towels, reserving the fat in pan. When the bacon is cool, chop it.
Preheat the oven – 250�F. Put the pan with the bacon drippings over medium-low heat and brown the onion. Cook until onion is golden (usually takes about 4 minutes). Add beer, 2 cups water, molasses, brown sugar, mustard, paprika, reserved bacon, and drained beans. Cover tightly with lid or aluminum foil and bake for 3 hours, stirring every hour.
Add the pickle relish and bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. If the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened, take it out the oven. Season to taste with salt. If you don’t want to use dried beans, one can alternatively use a pound of canned beans. Rinse and drain the beans thoroughly and reduce the baking time to 1� hours.
Kid-friendly Baked Beans with Hotdogs
16 ounce can baked beans
8 ounces cooked pasta
4 hotdogs, sliced into 1/2″ pieces
8 ounce can of tomato sauce
2 tsps chili powder
1 c grated cheese
Preheat the oven – 350�F. Spray with cooking spray or wipe with oil a two quart baking dish. Mix together hotdogs, beans, pasta, tomato sauce and half of prepared grated cheese and pour onto the baking dish.
Top with the remaining cheese. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve.