BAKED BEANS

One of my favorite side dishes to go with barbeque is baked beans. To create the ultimate beans you need to bake them in a low oven for hours. When the temperature is leaning to the upper end of the scale you probably do not want to run an oven. I have a Mad Meat Genius solution. Bake your beans outdoors in a portable oven. It is the perfect solution. This is a small oven with two burners that runs on propane. Today, I am baking some beans that are swimming in a bath of tomatoes, onions, bacon,sugar, molasses and spices.

Chilebrown's Ultimate Bake Beans

1. 1 pound of navy beans
2. 4 tomatoes chopped fine
3. 1 onion chopped fine
4. 1/4 cup molasses
5. 1/4 cup of brown sugar
6. 1 tablespoon of salt
7. 5 cups of water
8. 2 slices of thick bacon chopped into cubes
9. 1 tablespoon of chile powder
10. 1 tablespoon of ground mustard

Combine all ingredients together in a cast iron pot except salt. Cover with lid. Bake at 300 degrees for 4 hours or until beans begin to soften. Add salt and remove lid. Bake until beans are nice and thick with sauce.

I have fired up the Smokenator 100 to smoke some ribs. They will be the perfect accompaniment to some baked beans. A green salad with some vine ripe tomatoes is in order. We will enjoy a nice meal without heating up the house.