Baked beans recipe

[kccougar]

Midling success. The beans were good, decent heat with a small kick, maybe could have used a touch more sweetness. There seemed to be just a bit too many flavors competing though. It got me interested in a little future experimentation.

[Keyzer Soze]

This is my favorite basked bean recipe ever. I got it off of a Dutch Oven site that I use. Very hearty recipe, almost a meal if you have a big serving.

Vera's Baked Beans
1 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 cup catsup
1/2 lb. bacon
16 oz. Homestyle® Chili Sauce
1 large yellow onion; diced
2 Tbs. prepared mustard
1 small green pepper; diced
1/2 lb. pre-cooked ham; cubed
1/2 cup brown sugar
(2) 31 oz. cans pork and beans

Heat a 12" Dutch oven using 18-20 briquettes bottom until oven is hot. Add ground beef and cook until brown. Remove browned beef and drain grease.

Cut bacon into 1 inch slices and place in oven and fry until brown. Add onions and green pepper and saute until onions are translucent. Drain off excess fat. Reduce briquettes on bottom to 12-14. Add browned beef, brown sugar, catsup, chili sauce, and mustard. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add ham and beans. Cover and add approximately 15 briquettes to the lid. Simmer for 2 hours stirring every 15 minutes.

Serves: 12

This recipe has been handed down by Vera Sorensen of Manti, Utah.

[Coach McGuirk]

question for DT or anyone that has made Drunks beans before.

How many does the full recipe serve?

[CJF]

question for DT or anyone that has made Drunks beans before.

How many does the full recipe serve?

At least 20 in my experience.

[TripletDaddy]

At least 20 in my experience.

Agreed, if not more than that. I would say even up to 25-30. Beans are usually a side that people don't serve in mass quantities. Often a scoop is sufficient for most folks.

Two keys to DTs beans: adding meat from a previous smoke (brisket or pulled pork) and smoking the beans themselves. Smoking the beans is probably the single most important thing to add insane flavor. Caveat: stir them often otherwise you get that weird crust on the top that can be kind of gross. And make sure they don't dry out.

[Coach McGuirk]

Agreed, if not more than that. I would say even up to 25-30. Beans are usually a side that people don't serve in mass quantities. Often a scoop is sufficient for most folks.

Two keys to DTs beans: adding meat from a previous smoke (brisket or pulled pork) and smoking the beans themselves. Smoking the beans is probably the single most important thing to add insane flavor. Caveat: stir them often otherwise you get that weird crust on the top that can be kind of gross. And make sure they don't dry out.

Can you give me more info on that process? How long to smoke? What temp? Stir how often? Etc?

also, any mods you have done to the recipe that are a must?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Can you give me more info on that process? How long to smoke? What temp? Stir how often? Etc?

also, any mods you have done to the recipe that are a must?

I use bbq sauce instead of ketchup. I also make 1/4 of the original recipe and it is more than enough for our family of five. Figure on 4 oz per person and go from there to calculate amounts.

You MUST smoke these to get the ultimate flavor. Use smoke setting. Stir every 15-20 minutes. I usually smoke them for about 2 hrs.

[TripletDaddy]

What Lebowski said.

As you are smoking them, you will get a sense of how often to stir them because if you take too long, the beans start to crust up. The nice thing about this recipe is that you can also smoke them the day before and then just heat them up in the oven the next day. You may have to add a little water to loosen then up, but they still taste fantastic.

I've added smoked brisket, pulled pork, smoked chicken, and smoked sausages at different times. I've also added jalapeno (yum!), both whole and chopped to try it out. I noticed that when I visit BBQ joints if in Texas on business, they will sometimes serve their beans with whole jalapenos cooking in the pot or other times they chop them. Either way, you get the heat transfer. The nice thing about whole jalapenos is that they are easy to remove if people don't want them in the beans. The Tiger Sauce is delish but doesnt give me nearly enough heat, so I add jalapenos as well. For a large crowd, probably best to not go nuclear. Tiger sauce will probably be sufficient.

[Coach McGuirk]

Thanks everybody! It shall be delishious!

[San Juan Sun]

I use bbq sauce instead of ketchup. I also make 1/4 of the original recipe and it is more than enough for our family of five. Figure on 4 oz per person and go from there to calculate amounts.

You MUST smoke these to get the ultimate flavor. Use smoke setting. Stir every 15-20 minutes. I usually smoke them for about 2 hrs.

I second the BBQ sauce advice. I usually use KC masterpeice (because it's the best of the easily available BBQ sauces). I also cook up a good amount of bacon, but the key is to get it crispy before youadd it to the beans. If it isn't crispy, I find that the bacon gets a bit chewy. Plus, it's harder to get in small pieces. I also add a little bacon grease.

I smoke them for 2-3 hours.

I have only fed large groups, but JL's advice about smaller size and DDD's advice about jalapenos sound really good.

[Drunk Tank]

The full recipe is approx. 26 six ounce servings. I have always used sriracha instead of Tiger sauce since I could not find Tiger sauce locally. I recently found it and I am excited to try it out. Seems to be a very tasty sauce. I also add a little liquid smoke to the sauce and some brown sugar. I dont really measure, just eyeball it. If I am smoking the beans, I dont use the liquid smoke.

[ERCougar]

Making this for a ward pot luck tonight. Two questions:
1) I don't have any bacon or meat. Still worth making?
2) you don't drain either of the types of beans?

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Making this for a ward pot luck tonight. Two questions:
1) I don't have any bacon or meat. Still worth making?
2) you don't drain either of the types of beans?

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You can't buy some bacon?

Don't drain the beans.

Make sure you smoke for ~2 hrs.

[ERCougar]

You can't buy some bacon?

Don't drain the beans.

Make sure you smoke for ~2 hrs.

Well, party is in about two hours, so I don't want to make a store run. I have the beans already.

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Well, party is in about two hours, so I don't want to make a store run. I have the beans already.

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You can add the bacon at the last minute. Mix it up and get those babies in the smoker.