Apples And Bourbon Baked Beans Recipes

APPLE BOURBON BBQ BEANS RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare Big Green Egg or other grill for indirect cooking. Maintain grill temp of 300⁰. Add cherry wood chunks to hot coals for smoke.
• Cook bacon for 8 minutes in a large sauté pan until fat renders but bacon is still soft not crispy. Drain the bacon on paper towel. Reserve 1 TBS of bacon grease for sautéing.
• Add onion to pan and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add the jalapeno and garlic and continue to sauté for 2 minutes. Add the diced apple and season with a pinch of AP rub. Cook the apple mixture for 2-3 minutes and add ½ cup of brown sugar. Stir to combine then add the bourbon. Reduce the liquid by half then transfer to a small bowl.
• Pour the beans into a dutch oven iron pot. Add the apple mixture, pulled pork, bacon, BBQ Sauce, Dijon Mustard, remaining brown sugar, and seasonings. Stir to combine and place uncovered on the bbq grill.
• Cook beans for 2 hours stirring occasionally and serve.

APPLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir pork and beans, bacon, apples, barbeque sauce, brown sugar, and raisins together in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 90 minutes.

BOURBON AND DP BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix brown sugar, paprika, mustard, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk in pepper soda, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce until brown sugar is dissolved.
• Cut 4 slices of bacon into small strips. Cook and stir in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until almost crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, reserving bacon grease.
• Stir onion into the bacon grease in the Dutch oven; cook and stir until soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in bourbon, stirring to scrape up browned bits off the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon strips back in.
• Pour brown sugar mixture and baked beans into the Dutch oven. Simmer until beans are heated through, about 15 minutes. Arrange remaining 4 slices of bacon on top of the beans.
• Bake in the preheated oven, covered, until beans are bubbly and sauce is syrupy, about 3 hours.