Ingredients
½ Pound Bacon
½ Pound Chopped Ham
2 Pounds Dried Red Beans
1 Cup water
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2 small onions chopped
3 tablespoons ketchup or BBQ Sauce
3 tablespoons molasses or maple syrup
1 table spoon vinegar
1 tablespoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3 tablespoons baking soda
Directions
1. Wash Beans & remove any that are shriveled as well as any stones.
2. Place the beans in a large container add the baking soda as you cover the beans with water. The baking soda may help reduce gas. (Learned this from my Sis’s MIL. Verified & it’s true.)
3. Soak the beans over night.
4. Drain & rinse beans.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 2 ½ quart baking dish.
6. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; drain and cool on paper towels. Crumble bacon once cooled. I chopped the bacon before I fried it.
7. Mix bacon, ham, beans, water, brown sugar, onions, BBQ Sauce, maple syrup, vinegar, mustard, salt, and garlic powder together in the prepared baking dish. Cover dish with aluminum foil or lid if the dish has one.
8. Bake in preheated oven until bubbling, 45 minutes.
Washing the red beans.
Soaking the Beans
Chopped Onions
Chopped, Fried Bacon
Chopped Ham
Wet Ingredients
Garlic Powder, Brown Sugar, Salt
Oven Ready – Started with a bean pot & a casserole dish.
Oven Ready – Decided to go with 1 pan instead..
The Finished Product
After adding more BBQ Sauce, ketchup, & baking for an additional 25 minutes, the texture of the baked beans was a lot better & the taste actually improved.
OH HELL YEA !!!
