Pork and Beans

Cut up Eckrich smoked sausage - brown in a pan, pour off the grease and add it to the beans. Add onion if you wish, brown sugar until it tastes slightly sweet and a small bit of mustard (maybe a half teaspoon) and about 1/8 cup of ketchup. Stir together and bake. I add the sugar and condiments to taste, and of course it will depend on what size can of beans you are using.

This is a recipe I got from my sister...where she got I don't know but glad she gave it to me.......yummmmmmmmm

8 slices bacon, halved
1 medium onion small dice
1/2 medium green pepper small dice

3 large cans (28 ounces each) pork and beans

3/4 cup barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup distilled or cider vinegar (prefer the cider)
2 teaspoons dry mustard or 2 tablespoons Dijon (Dijon)

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees.
Fry bacon in LARGE?DEEP sauté pan skillet until bacon is just curling (fat still white) and released about 1/4 cup drippings.
Remove bacon drain on paper towels.
Add onions and peppers to drippings in pan and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
Add beans and remaining ingredients bring to a simmer. (If skillet is not large enough, add beans and heat to a simmer then transfer to a large bowl and stir in remaining ingredients).
Pour everything into a greased 13-by 9-inch ovenproof pan.
Top with bacon, then bake until beans are bubbly and sauce is like syrup about 2 hours.
Remove, let it sit for 2-3 minutes then serve.

doxiemom11 wrote:
Cut up Eckrich smoked sausage - brown in a pan, pour off the grease and add it to the beans. Add onion if you wish, brown sugar until it tastes slightly sweet and a small bit of mustard (maybe a half teaspoon) and about 1/8 cup of ketchup. Stir together and bake. I add the sugar and condiments to taste, and of course it will depend on what size can of beans you are using.

Thanks so much! Looks easy!

Old-Biscuit wrote:
This is a recipe I got from my sister...where she got I don't know but glad she gave it to me.......yummmmmmmmm

8 slices bacon, halved
1 medium onion small dice
1/2 medium green pepper small dice

3 large cans (28 ounces each) pork and beans

3/4 cup barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup distilled or cider vinegar (prefer the cider)
2 teaspoons dry mustard or 2 tablespoons Dijon (Dijon)

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees.
Fry bacon in LARGE?DEEP sauté pan skillet until bacon is just curling (fat still white) and released about 1/4 cup drippings.
Remove bacon drain on paper towels.
Add onions and peppers to drippings in pan and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
Add beans and remaining ingredients bring to a simmer. (If skillet is not large enough, add beans and heat to a simmer then transfer to a large bowl and stir in remaining ingredients).
Pour everything into a greased 13-by 9-inch ovenproof pan.
Top with bacon, then bake until beans are bubbly and sauce is like syrup about 2 hours.
Remove, let it sit for 2-3 minutes then serve.

This sounds wonderful! Thank you!

We follow the K.I.S.S. principle. We get Bush's Baked Beans and add a touch of honey to it. We then cook up bacon and crumble over top of the beans. While it's warming in the oven at 325 (or hanging over a fire in a dutch oven) we make fried potatoes and onions as a go-with. If you want Fried Potato ideas, take a squint at this thread:
http://forums.woodalls.com/Index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27589712.cfm

All the ideas above sound good. I also add a touch of cinnamon to mine., Shhhh super secret.

My favorite ole standby is you always have a few cans of Pork N Beans on hand.

When i am by myself I usually stop by a WALMART just before heading into the campsite. I will pick up several (Kept Cold) pre-made hamburger patties.. These will keep a long time in a closed plastic lid container sitting on top of the ice in the 5-day ice chest.

For a real quick cooked hot meal is break up a couple of hamburger pattie in the skillet and heat for few minutes and then pour in a can of Pork N Beans and some cut up onions. Stir it all up until hot.

A very simple quick meal and tasty to me...

The last time I did this I standing over the Coleman burner under the awning stiring things up and two dogs from down the camp road was standing behind me wanting some... Must be good if the dogs want it too... They got some too...

The dog owner came up to get his dogs and he got some too...

Roy Ken

Here is one we use to win at BBQ competitions. It can be cooked in the oven as well but it doesn't get the smoky flavor - still great though.

BAKED BEANS

• 6-8 strips of bacon cut into 1/2 inch squares
• 1/2 Medium onion, diced
• 1/2 Bell pepper, diced
• 1 - 2 Jalapeño Peppers, diced (seeding is optional)
• 1 - 55 ounce can Bush’s Baked Beans
• 1-8 ounce can of pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
• 1 Cup ketchup
• 1/2 - 1 Tbs. dry (ground) mustard

1. Sauté bacon pieces in fry pan until crispy and remove from pan with a slotted spoon.
2. Sauté onion, bell pepper and jalapeño pepper until tender.
3. In a large mixing bowl combine beans, pineapple, brown sugar, ketchup and dry mustard.
4. Stir in bacon pieces and vegetables. Pour into a 12X9 or a deep 9X9 aluminum baking pan. (While mixing if things look dry, add additional ketchup 1/4 -1/2 cup at a time)
5. Place in a 220-250° smoker for 2 1/2 – 3 hours (make sure temperature of the baked beans reaches 160°).

NOTE: If you are making these beans as a side dish for Kansas City style pork ribs, smoke the removed skirt meat for 1-1 1/2 hours, then dice the skirt meat and stir into the Baked Beans.

I take my receipt straight from the "Joy of Cooking" and for a change of pace(for me) make no substitutions:

Canned Baked Beans w/ Bacon or Franks
6 servings

Preheat oven to 350

Add to 2-1/2 cups canned beans:21oz can

1/4 cup of catsup
2 TBs molasses
2 TBs brown sugar
2 TBs bacon drippings
Minced celery, onions and green peppers (approx 1-1/2 TBs of each; you can grate the above using a box grater or micro plane if ya prefer.
1 TB mustard

Place the beans in a greased shallow pan. Cover the top with:

Bacon slices and/or sliced franks.

Bake covered for 30 mins. Uncover and bake 15-30 minutes more.

My notes
Use a shallow aluminum pan; bake on Weber using indirect heat= 15 mins uncovered.Baking in traditional home oven= 30mins uncovered.
Plain ol cheapest supermarket brand beans work best for this in my experience.

RoyB wrote:

A very simple quick meal and tasty to me...

Growing up we often had baked beans for breakfast. Cheap and easy protein that all of us would eat. My pref was to have them cold so guess who had the first bowl before they were put in the pan ;)