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BBQ Baked Beans Recipe

Prep Time1 day
Cook Time3 hours
Total Time1 day 3 hours
Servings: 12 people

Ingredients

  • 1 LB of dried white beans or 4 15oz cans of cooked beans (washed)
  • 1 28 oz can of crushed fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 Bottle of your favorite beer 12 fl oz.
  • ½ Cup of dijon mustard
  • ½ Cup of molasses
  • ½ Cup of apple cider vinegar
  • ½ Cup of brown sugar
  • 2 Teaspoons of salt
  • 1 Medium sweet onion diced

Optional:

  • Couple dashes of your favorite hot sauce

Instructions

  • Soak the beans: First, get your beans and pick out any stones, or beans that look shriveled up. I find that the easiest way to do this is to pour out some of the beans onto your kitchen counter and to go through them in sections. After you have done this, wash the beans in a colander, and then place them into a large bowl. Cover these beans with water, and let them soak for 18 to 24 hours.
  • Simmer the beans: Strain the beans, place them into a large pot, and cover them again with water. Don’t worry about the amount of water just make sure that the beans are covered by an inch or two. Place this pot on your stove, bring it to a boil, and then turn the heat down to let it simmer for about an hour and a half to two hours. You will know that the beans are cooked enough when they easily mush when you squeeze them. Once the beans have reached this state, strain them, and set them aside.
  • Preheat your oven, grill, or smoker: Cooking temperatures will differ, depending on which of these three options you decide to use. For an oven or grill, I recommend that you preheat to around 350 degrees Fahrenheit. If you are using a smoker then I recommend that you preheat to 220 degrees Fahrenheit. Don’t worry if your cooking temperatures are not the same as I recommend. Just keep in mind that hotter temperatures will have a shorter cooking time, while cooler temperatures, will have longer cooking time.
  • Make the sauce: Get out another bowl and add to it the canned tomatoes, beer, mustard, molasses, cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and hot sauce. Mix all of these ingredients together to form the base of the baked beans sauce.
  • Put it all together: Get out a large baking dish if you have decided to cook the beans in the oven, or a large aluminum tray if you have decided to cook the beans on a grill or smoker. Add to the container, either the cans of beans or the dried beans which you have cooked. Then add the sauce, and the diced onion. Mix all of this until everything is distributed well. It is at this time that you will notice that there will be more sauce than you would normally prefer your beans to have, but don’t worry, as the sauce will reduce while cooking.
  • Bake, grill, or smoke the beans: Place the beans in either your preheated oven, preheated grill, or preheated smoker. The beans should cook for about 2 to 3 hours at 350 degrees or about 4 to 5 hours at 220 degrees. However, because the beans are already fully cooked, all we are doing at this point is reducing and concentrating the flavors of the sauce. Thus all you need to do is cook the beans long enough until sauce is as thick or thin as you prefer. Really it’s that simple. Once the sauce has reduced to your desired thickness, simply take the beans off of the heat and let them rest for about 10 minutes.