Watching the Dolphins Bills game now. Wife home. Dolphins just missed a field goal.
I just thought of another simple recipe that can get you a lot of compliments...well until a few hours after you eat them anyway.
Jazzy Baked Beans
This is a sweet and sour, ying and yang recipe.
The sweet is ketchup and molasses
The sour is yellow mustard.
If your hip to this sort of thing you can tell your friends you made them some Zen Beans
Start to brown a pound or whatever of bacon in a large frying pan
At some point (deciding at what point is what cooks do) add a diced onion
The trick is to add the onion earlier enough that it will cook to a nice golden brown and the naturally sweetness starts to come out....but not so soon that you burn it.
Maybe put some garlic powder, salt and a little pepper on the onion/bacon mix as it cooks
In a baking pan/dish combine as many cans of Van Kamps pork and beans as you need to feed your tribe.
Dump in some ketchup, molasses, and mustard
Now you have a decision - either drain the fat off the bacon or dump it into the beans...
I leave the grease (the beans will soak it up). We'll change the name to Heart Attack Beans. But oh so good. I'm pretty sure Elvis would like these. I saw somewhere that he liked Red Eye Gravy (bacon grease and hot water from what I understand). I bet whatever Red Eye Gravy is it tastes good. It's probably more than grease and hot water..
Dice up the bacon and add to bean, ketchup, mustard, molasses, onion mixture.
Season to taste (adjust the sweet/sour ingredients to your taste). I like my beans sweet so I add a lot of molasses.
Bake the beans for a couple of hours at 350. Maybe less depending on how much you made. When they bubble and form a skin they are done. They are best if you bake them then let them cool and heat up again...because the bean starch thickens up and they aren't so soupy.
Serve with potato salad, barbequed brats and burgers...maybe some beer or fresh lemonade. Make some homemade ice cream if you have time. Some nice sweet corn on the cob would be good. Yummm.
Happy eating...
