Nate's Boston Baked Beans

Description from original author at 17BBQ.com: "These baked beans are the most popular side dish in our restaurants. Their sweet, smoky flavor is an excellent complement to barbecue. Each type of bean has a different texture, so the different varieties used in this recipe make these beans a bit more interesting. At our restaurants, we use pulled pork instead of bacon to achieve a bit of a smoky taste. You could also bake them with a few already-smoked ribs. Just take four or five already-smoked rib bones, with the meat still attached, and lay them across the top of the beans. Or you can push them down into the beans so they’re covered. After baking, pull the meat off the bones, discard the bones, and gently mix the meat back into the beans. Here in Boston, where I live most of the time, chili beans are not readily available. Ranch Beans from Whole Foods are pretty much the exact same thing."

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:56:38 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories788.6 kcal (39%)

Total Fat41 g (59%)

Carbs76 g (29%)

Sugars41.1 g (46%)

Protein31.8 g (64%)

Sodium1978 mg (99%)

Fiber8.4 g (30%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

2 tablespoonsyellow mustard

3 cupsketchup

2 cuponion

diced

1 ½ cupsbrown sugar

½ cupsorghum

or honey

1 tablespoonsmagic dust

a little more for extra heat

1 x 28 ouncescan pork and beans

large

1 x 19 ouncescan red kidney beans

large, rinsed

1 x 15.5 ouncescan chili beans

chili starter

1 x 15.5 ouncescan butter beans

large, rinsed

1canned bean

rinsed, cannatelli

1.5 lbbacon

1.5 lbground beef

0.5 lbandouille sausage

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°.

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix the mustard, ketchup, onion, red or green pepper, brown sugar, sorghum or honey, and Magic Dust well. Be sure to work out all of the lumps of brown sugar. Add the beans, stirring gently with clean hands or a large spatula; just enough to evenly distribute the mixture. Over mixing will cause the skins of the beans to burst and the consistency will become mushy, more like refried beans, which you don’t want.

Step 3

Pour into a 9-inch x 12-inch pan. Lay bacon strips across the top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until bubbly.

Step 4

NOTES:

Step 5

Serves 10 to 15 people. Reheats well. Will keep in refrigerator for up to one week. May also be frozen for up to one month.

Step 6

Other things to get:

Step 7

Good butter (unsalted)

Step 8

Chives

Step 9

Bread rolls?