These Texas baked beans are a barbecue staple.
Here’s how to make them from scratch.
After all, if you want your barbecue to stand out, go big.
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With Texas-Style Baked Beans.
Learn how to make Texas-style baked beans, and watch them disappear at dinner.
What Are Texas-Style Baked Beans?
Texas-style baked beans aren’t your typical store-bought, molasses-spiked white navy beans.
Those are Bostonbaked beans.
Nor are they maple-sweetened, a broader New England style, or saccharine with brown sugar and corn syrup.
And the meatless ones in a thin, tomato-based sauce?
spicy and made with pinto beans.
They incorporate salty pork and lace it with sweetness to take the edge off any heat.
And they’re not like other more well-known styles of beans from that region.
For example, the Texas beans in this recipe aren’t to be confused with Ranch-style or cowboy/chuckwagon beans.
The latter incorporates ground beef and a sweeter, thick base.
How To Serve Texas-Style Baked Beans
Texas-style baked beans are a great dish to par-cook.
One option is to precook the bacon only and simply assemble the rest of the ingredients.
This way, it’ll be served hot, bubbly, and fresh off a first cook.
This recipe just gives it a Texas spin.
They’ll keep for 3 to 5 days like that.
you’ve got the option to reheat individual portions (not the whole baking dish!)
you might also reheat them in a saucepan at low heat, stirring regularly to prevent burning.
Can you freeze baked beans?
If youwant to freeze them, do it right away.
They store best the day they cook.
In either case, don’t pack it tight.
They need room to expand.
To reheat frozen Texas-style baked beans, defrost them first.
Cover the dish with foil and bake for 5 to 10 minutes.
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 10 to 12 minutes.
Add remaining ingredient, and simmer.
Add beer, and bring to a simmer over medium-high.
Simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly reduced, about 3 minutes.
Stir in beans, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, and salt.
Bring mixture to a simmer over medium-high.
Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake:
Bake in preheated oven 20 minutes.
Remove foil, and continue to bake until bubbling around edges and hot, 15 to 20 minutes more.
Top with cooked bacon crumbles.
That way, you might pick up the recipe straight from when youd add the beer and beans.
Yes, but if youre short on time, you definitely want to go for the canned version.
Dry pinto beans will require 6 12 hours of soaking, but no more than 24.
The quality of the beans may also not be as consistent.
To leave less to chance, its best to use the canned ones.
