“Secret Sauce” BBQ Baked Beans
By: Holly Sander
Published: Friday, January 22, 2016 - 9:40am

Ingredients




For The BBQ Sauce:
1 cup mustard
1 cup vinegar
Two-thirds cup ketchup
Two-thirds cup brown sugar
3 smashed garlic cloves
½ teaspoon cayenne
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
For The Baked Beans:
BBQ Sauce as per above
4 (14.5 ounce) cans Navy Beans, drained and rinsed thoroughly
6 slices bacon
1 cup pulled pork
1 large onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
salt & pepper
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup molasses
1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
11/2 cups beef stock

Preparation

1 For The BBQ Sauce: 2 Preheat oven to 400° F. Place bacon on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil, then bake for 15 minutes. Remove bacon and place on paper towels to absorb bacon grease, and reduce oven to 325° F. Reserve at least 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat. 3 Add 1 tablespoon of the rendered bacon fat and 1 tablespoon olive oil to a large saucepan and bring to medium heat. 4 Add the mustard, vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, salt, cayenne, and black pepper. Bring to a simmer until the sugar has dissolved, about 10 minutes and remove from the heat. While BBQ sauce is cooking, chop up the bacon. 5 After the BBQ sauce has cooled remove the smashed garlic cloves from the sauce and discard. 6 For The Baked Beans: 7 Add 1 Tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon reserved bacon fat to an 8-quart Dutch Oven (or sauce pot) and bring to medium-high heat. 8 Cook the onion, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, mix in the garlic and cook 1 more minute. 9 Add the BBQ sauce, bacon, pulled pork, sugar, stock, molasses, a sprinkle of salt & pepper, beans and tomatoes; bring to a boil. 10 Cover pot (or transfer to a baking dish) and place in oven; bake until thick and fragrant, about 2 hours. 11 Cool 10 minutes.

About

These "Secret Sauce" BBQ baked beans are the perfect balance of tangy, spicy and sweet.
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