Very Spicy Baked Beans...for China...
8.2.09...our precious friend D.G was heading off to China...and we were attending a party in his honor...which, let's just be honest...the secondary guest of honor was the award winning ribs served by our hosts...Mr. Griggs makes some mean BBQ! Anyway..we were asked to bring a 'side', so i made beans, beans I know...and tried a baked bean recipe based on Emeril's mom's recipe..and let it be said...its very spicy..but also very sweet....just right! Scott loves sweet baked beans...so this in also in honor of him and trying to find a recipe he likes as much as Market Street's Cowboy beans...I think I have a winner here.
Well D.G is in China, teaching English, looking forward to meeting up with his 4 kiddos in Spain in October and serving JESUS! I hope the heat from these beans was representative of his passion for Christ...I know it is! We're praying for you D.G!
Recipe based on Emeril Lagasse,
Miss Hilda's Baked Beans
Ingredients
2 pound dried pinto beans, picked over and soaked overnight in water to cover
2 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 teaspoon salt
4 bay leaves
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound salt pork, trimmed and cubed
4 ounces chopped bacon, 4 oz smoked sausage link (think Earl Campbell)
3 cups ketchup
3 cups reserved bean liquid
2 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoon dry (powdered) mustard 12 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Drain the beans and put them in a pot with 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, salt, and the bay leaves. Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the beans are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the heat and let sit for 5 minutes. Drain the beans and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add the salt pork and bacon and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Add the ketchup, 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean liquid, onions, celery, sugar, mustard, garlic, black pepper, and remaining 1 teaspoon cayenne. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the beans and stir gently to mix. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Transfer the beans to the oven and bake, uncovered, for 2 hours. Remove from the oven and serve hot.
Well D.G is in China, teaching English, looking forward to meeting up with his 4 kiddos in Spain in October and serving JESUS! I hope the heat from these beans was representative of his passion for Christ...I know it is! We're praying for you D.G!
Recipe based on Emeril Lagasse,
Miss Hilda's Baked Beans
Ingredients
2 pound dried pinto beans, picked over and soaked overnight in water to cover
2 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 teaspoon salt
4 bay leaves
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound salt pork, trimmed and cubed
4 ounces chopped bacon, 4 oz smoked sausage link (think Earl Campbell)
3 cups ketchup
3 cups reserved bean liquid
2 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoon dry (powdered) mustard 12 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Drain the beans and put them in a pot with 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, salt, and the bay leaves. Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the beans are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the heat and let sit for 5 minutes. Drain the beans and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add the salt pork and bacon and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Add the ketchup, 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean liquid, onions, celery, sugar, mustard, garlic, black pepper, and remaining 1 teaspoon cayenne. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the beans and stir gently to mix. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Transfer the beans to the oven and bake, uncovered, for 2 hours. Remove from the oven and serve hot.
These were very spicy...I'd reduce the Cayenne by half for a potluck/get together..unless u know that the attendees love very spicy food...
Enjoy:)
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