Beans work better with 1.5lbs of meat

[GreggP]

BennyV suggested this recipe to me from No Excuses BBQ as a good make-ahead dish.

It seemed like a really great idea to just toss the tray on the smoker. But I couldn't bring myself to clean the lower smoker grate. I had to use the oven. Still, the idea of smoky beans was intriguing...What to do? Add 3/4lbs of pulled pork from the freezer! These are really great.

Adapted recipe:

1 28 oz. can Bush’s Vegetarian Beans
1 15 oz. can black beans
1 15 oz. can pinto beans
1 15 oz. can kidney beans
1/4 cup brown sugar
8 slices of bacon
3/4lb pulled pork or brisket, chopped
1 large onion
1/4 cup spicy mustard
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup molasses

Cook bacon. Reserve a couple of tablespoons of bacon fat to saute the onions. Cook until limp. Toss it all together in a foil pan and bake covered for 2 hours at 300F. Keep an eye on it to make sure the liquid level doesn't drop too deep.

The ingredients (missing the brown sugar):

Bacon ready to go (oven only!):

Diced onions:

Onions getting ready to wilt:

All cooked down:

Ready to mix.

Ready for the oven:

All done!

 

[Paul Kastner]

Toot Toot. Beans I love them but no one around me does.

 

[PeterZ]

now, that looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter

 

[Mike Coffman]

Awesome looking beans!

 

[Tony R]

Wow!!!!!!!!!

 

[John Solak]

Those are some great looking beans!!!

 

[GreggP]

Thanks. In the past I've always made beans from scratch with dried beans. I will say the texture is better when I do that (and the dish is a fraction of the cost) but this was so easy and so fast I will probably just stick with it.

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Thats a lot of beans!!! Great idea, Plenty of fiber.

 

[S Riddell]

Beans look good! Don't eat too many at once or you'll find yourself all alone

 

[Sean H]

Funny how a couple pounds of meat makes a good thing better!

 

[JimmyE]

Nice looking beans, best BBQ sidedish on the planet.

 

[Andy Beers]

Looks great

 

[Mike Willis]

That looks more like a main dish than a side dish! Well done!

 

[Bob Mann]

That looks great Gregg!

 

[Brian Dahl]

Thanks. In the past I've always made beans from scratch with dried beans. I will say the texture is better when I do that (and the dish is a fraction of the cost) but this was so easy and so fast I will probably just stick with it.

I'm with ya there, Gregg. We use dried beans the majority of the time, but sometimes you want beans now! And I would like a bowl now, please. Thank you.

 

[Wolgast]

Mazing!!!

 

[Chris Lynch]

I would have to sleep outside...looks great though!!