Pork and Beans Recipe for Baked Beans Lovers
Old Fashioned Pork & Beans, semi-homemade with sausage and bacon.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 4 large cans baked beans (See Note to make your own beans or 1 pound navy beans (if you are making your own beans; otherwise use canned
- 2 links sweet sausage
- 8 slices bacon
- 1 red yellow or orange bell pepper, diced very finely
- 1 yellow onion diced very finely
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- dash nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt see notes
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- If you are using your own beans, cook beans first.
- Soak beans in cold water, allowing three inches of water on top.
- Soak overnight.
- Rinse. Cover with three inches of water and bring to boil. As soon as water boils, turn down to a steady simmer. Cook until beans are tender, about one hour.
- In meantime cook sausage links and slice.
- Cook bacon. The best way to make sure bacon doesn't shrivel is to oven bake
- Salt beans, and put in baking dish.
- In frying pan, saute diced bell pepper and onion, just until soft.
- Add in ketchup, maple syrup, brown sugar and spices.
- Cook for five minutes.
- Add to beans. Put in sausage. Cover with bacon
- Bake in oven at 350 degrees covered for 20 minutes. Uncover for last ten minutes.
Notes
These are sweet beans. You can add in some heat by adding in 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper.