Bridget teaches Julia how to make the best meaty Backyard Barbecue Beans.
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Thank you, ladies. As a single guy you are a treasure for cooking information.
Oh my gosh…I'm looking so forward to making these for my fiance. He is going to be in bean heaven this weekend
Bratwurst 1.25 lb casing removed broken down in 12 inch non stick skillet medium hi heat, about 5 minutes before adding onions
6 slices thick cut chilled bacon cut into cubes while brats browning and fat rendering out
Once fat starts to render out of brats pop in 2 chopped/diced white onions – brown em with the sausages (15 min total)
Sauce
Half cup bullseye bbq
Half cup ketchup
Half cup h2o
2 tpsp spicy brown mustard
2 tbsp acv
Tsp garlic powder
Pinch of cayenne pepper powder
Tsp liquid smoke
Add brats/onions into sauce
Add bush baked beans two 28 Oz cans to sauce/meat mixture
Variety is spice of life …
Add two 15 Oz cans drained cantolini (sp?) beans
Add two 15 Oz cans of drained pinto beans (meatier texture)
1 can of 10 Oz ro-tel tomatoes
Give it a good stir
Bean nicknames: magical fruit, whistle berries, deceitful beans (talk behind yo back, bless yer heart)
13×9 in straight sided metal pan on rim baking sheet to catch drippage
Shingle the bacon right on top bacon cobble stone top, flavor, porky, smokey, cured, crispy, ohhh yeeeahh
350° oven 90 min, sides are bubbling
Played at 0.5 speed so I could take these notes for myself (and for you), they sounded like they had been drinking Jack all day, hilarious
I'm not going to lie they invited to the bbq lol 😂
Love love love his bean recipe! I use Serrano peppers instead with diced roasted tomatoes with garlic.
My favorite baked beans. Holy cow! 👍
This recipe looks amazing! I love baked beans but we don't eat them too often. I grew up with a very sweet version of them and when I got married my husband's family had a very savory version. Turned out I preferred the savory version and never knew it was even a 'thing'! But this version! This LOOKS incredible, almost could be a main dish with all the meat in it! I can't wait to try it. Thank you Julia and Bridget!
Baked this bean casserole with a locally made smoked kielbasa. With all the spicy, hearty ingredients it was a symphony of flavor. Bridget, and Julia knocked it out of the park, again!
back here again brushing up for a batch for Christmas tomorrow 🙂 Yummmm
My ex turned me on to this delicious wonderful version of baked beans. He wasn’t much of a cook in general but when he was in the mood for comfort food he had some go to dishes and this was one of them. (And BTW, he took my original recipe right out of the cook’s country cookbook of 2016!!) But all is forgiven and I can’t recommend this dish enough!
This does look good,but not the WAY it was cooked. Not bummed about using canned beans. But damm,using a can of baked beans ( granted it was Bush beans,good stuff in a can) but I thought this was about MAKING back yard beans. OVEN! How about making it in the backyard, in a bbq? Now the different beans looks good and so did the sauce. However replace the water with Jack Daniel's and you will level up on flavor and really give it the right texture. I always add 1/2 cup of Jack Daniel's to 1 cup Bullseye bbq sauce. Definitely like the two meat deal.
The recipe for baked beans includes the ingredient of baked beans
Making this Saturday October.
You two look like sisters, both beautiful!!!
I loved those baked beans but is that cheating putting those bush beans in there
LOOK'D GOOD!!!!!! I'VE BEEN AFTER THIS RECIPE FOR A WHILE NOW,I'LL BE DOING MINE ON THE SMOKER!!!!!!!
Magical fruit? You mean musical fruit.
Kills me that folks who make comments A) without trying the recipe and B) without understanding how much goes into all America's Test Kitchen recipes. THIS is where you come for the BEST recipes!
I can't wait to make these baked beans
this would be an amazing recipe to make for a party with a lot of people…. wow that bacon top just makes it even better
From the video, it's quite easy to get the actual recipe…on s/thing like this, you don't need "EXACT" measurements if s/thins wasn't noted or want to print it out. These recipes are "TO TASTE". Recipes like this really can't be "screwed up", however…
For those who MUST HAVE the absolute, exact measurements, you must PAY to obtain the recipe @ their link. LOL
Still holds up. Made this on the fly for a family cookout. 1/2 dozen people commented to me, “i’m not a big bean fan, but I could eat the whole container with a spoon.” Don’t substitute.
I love these two women they are like mothers I wish I had growing up.
7:05 what type of beans are those I wonder.
Made these for the 4th of July and they were a hit. I used one can of all the beans and added two tablespoons of butter to the Brats and onion to give it a little richness based on one comment I read. He said the beans were bland underneath, so butter helped that according to my family. I don't eat meat. Will definitely bake these again for my family. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Chris would never use canned beans
Long time ATK, CI, and CC follower here. We have made 100's of their recipes. The thing about this one is it makes way too much for the normal backyard get together so we halved it to fit in our 9×13 baking dish and it looked really good coming out of the oven but nobody really liked it. Turned out rather bland. We did break the brats up too fine so maybe that made a difference but it needs something and I'm not quite sure what it is. Maybe brown sugar? Maybe green pepper? Sorry to be negative but just wanted to share our experience.
Horrible voiceover work