Root Beer Baked Beans Southern Living 2004 Recipes

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp; remove and drain on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet.
• Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Sauté diced onions and garlic in hot bacon drippings in skillet over high heat for about 5 minutes or until tender.
• Remove skillet from heat and add crips bacon, beans, rootbeer, barbecue sauce, dry mustard and Tabasco to the skillet; stir until well combined.
• Pour bean mixture into a lightly greased 1-quart baking dish.
• Bake beans, uncovered, at 400°F for 55 minutes or until sauce is thickened.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Set a medium oven-safe pot over moderate heat and add bacon. Cook until most of the fat is rendered out and the bacon is crisp. Prepare a plate with paper towels, and using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon from the pot to the plate. Set about a quarter of the bacon aside, for garnish.
• Add the onions, garlic and ginger to the pot, and saute until soft and golden. Add the tomato paste and cook until the tomato paste deepens in color, about another minute.
• Next add the root beer, cider vinegar, molasses, grainy mustard, red pepper flakes and garam masala. Stir to combine. Then add the beans and bacon, and gently stir so the beans don't lose their shape. Taste for salt and pepper, then pop into the oven, uncovered, until the mixture thickens, about 30 minutes. Remove the beans from the oven, let it cool slightly, and sprinkle with reserved bacon and serve.
• Combine the cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamom seeds, black cardamom seeds, if using into a spice grinder or coffee grinder and grind until fine. Store the spice mix in an airtight container away from direct sunlight.

Steps:

• While raw, chop bacon into small bits. I typically just stack and chop the slices I'm going to use. Place in skillet over medium heat and cook until crisp; remove bacon and drain on paper towel, reserving 2 Tablespoons bacon drippings in skillet.
• Saute onion in hot bacon drippings until tender. Stir together bacon, onion, beans and remaining seasonings and place in 1 quart baking dish.
• Bake beans, uncovered, at 400F for 55 minutes or until sauce is thickened.

Steps:

• Cook the bacon with the onion until the bacon is brown and crisp.
• Add the remaining ingredients and heat to a boil; turn down the heat and simmer, stirring often until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl combine first seven ingredients, stir well.
• Lightly spray Pam in a medium size casserole dish and pour in bean mixture.
• Place slices of bacon over top of beans.
• Cover and bake 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake extra 15 minutes.
• Note: You can drain one can of pork & beans to keep it from having too much liquid in dish.

Steps:

• sautee onion and pepper in butter.
• Add all ingredients into crockpot and cook on low for 3-4 hours.

Steps:

• Prepare campfire or grill for medium heat, using 32-36 charcoal briquettes or large wood chips., In a 10-in. Dutch oven, cook bacon over campfire until crisp. Remove; discard drippings. Return bacon to pan; stir in baked beans, pie filling, root beer and, if desired, ancho chili pepper, Cover Dutch oven. When briquettes or wood chips are covered with ash, place Dutch oven on top of 16-18 briquettes. Place 16-18 briquettes on pan cover., Cook 30-40 minutes to allow flavors to blend. If desired, sprinkle servings with cheese.