BBQ Beans
May 16, 2009 | Print | E-mail | Filed under bacon, BBQ, beans
Last night we had a little cook out with some friends. I spent maybe an hour or so Thursday after work cleaning off our deck (Windex Outdoor, people – it’s amazing [our deck is plastic, in case you were wondering]).
Anyway, there was plenty of food! Burgers, hot dogs, chips and salsa, pretzels, cookies…someone even made sushi! I made my tortellini antipasto salad. And, last but not least, BBQ beans.
Oh, BBQ beans. You’re one of my favorite summer side dishes; a perfect grilling companion. They can be yours, too…here’s what you need.
Servings: 15-20
- 5 (or more) strips of bacon
- 2 tsp bacon drippings
- 1/2 onion
- 1 28 oz can baked beans, drained
- 1 15.5 oz can butter beans, drained
- 1 15.5 oz can kidney beans, drained
- 1 15.5 oz can pinto beans, drained
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1/2 tsp cumin
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. While you’re waiting for the oven to preheat, get out the bacon.
Cook it in a skillet on medium heat until it’s good and crispy.
Next, chop the 1/2 onion into small-ish pieces.
When the bacon has slightly cooled a bit, crumble it up.
Now, get out a casserole dish. I used a 3-quart one, because there are a LOT of beans. First, I dumped in the butter beans:
Then, the kidney beans:
The pinto beans:
And finally, the baked beans:
Add in the rest of the ingredients, and mix it all up:
Then, cover and bake for about 45 minutes.
May 16th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
How did you make beans look so beautiful? Seriously!
You always have the best lighting in your pictures…are you just lucky to have natural light all the time or do you use something special? Inquiring minds want to know.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Haha thanks!
I use natural light as much as possible, but when it isn’t, I use an external flash on my camera to achieve a more natural look.
March 31st, 2010 at 8:57 am
I love nothing more than a big bowl of BBQ beans in the summer. These look delish. YUM!
March 31st, 2010 at 9:23 am
Baked beans always reminds me of warm, summer days and Saturday BBQs!
March 31st, 2010 at 9:54 am
What pretty pictures of baked beans!! Love this post
March 31st, 2010 at 10:34 am
I’ll have to make this for my father-in-law, who is a big fan of baked beans.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:30 am
This is such a great idea for a side dish!
March 31st, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I LOVE the combination of beans in this recipe! I’ll definitely be making this for my family!