August 26, 2010

TX BBQ Beans

From:  Tara Wagley

3 cans Pork N Beans; drain juice from 2 of the cans
1 chopped jalapeño
1 chopped bell pepper
1 chopped medium onion
Garlic; I use 2 minced cloves
Salt; to taste
Course ground black pepper; to taste
1 pkg. Hillshire Farms 'U' shaped smoked sausage
1 small bottle Kraft original BBQ sauce
Ketchup
Mustard (I use Dijon)
Pickled jalapeño JUICE (or pickle juice)

  1. In large bowl add beans, jalapeño, bell pepper, onion, garlic and season to taste with salt and pepper
  2. Start out with 1/4 cup EACH of ketchup,mustard, bbq sauce, and jalapeño juice mixed together.
  3. Mix sauce into bean mixture; make more if needed
  4. Chop up HALF of the sausage and stir into beans
  5. Pour into a 9x13 pan
  6. Chop up second half of sausage and lay across the top of the beans
  7. Cook in 350 degrees until bubbly and sausage starts to brown around the edges; about 1 hour.