Barbecued Boston Baked Chili Beans

By flour_arrangements

A Californian's take on a Southern recipe with a bit of Boston flair! Phew, that's a mouthful. Super easy to put this together. I made it in under an hour. (...thanks to the awesomeness of canned organic great northern beans!)

Ingredients

• 1/2 - 3/4 pound 85% ground beef (cooked with 1/2 bell pepper, 1/4 cup sweet onion, 1 tsp mustard, Italian seasoning, extra basil, garlic salt, and pepper)
• 1 15 oz can great northern beans
• 1/4 about 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (this makes it spicy!)
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (more if you want to burn a whole in the roof of your mouth!)
• 1/2 large tomato
• 1 garlic clove
• Pepper (a few shakes)
• Garlic Salt (a few sprinkles)
• 1/2 chopped sweet onion
• 1/2 chopped tomato
• 1/2 can tomato sauce (4 oz)
• 1 about 1 tsp liquid smoke
• 2 1/2 TBSP brown sugar
• 1 TBSP molasses
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 2 oz chopped black olives

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Brown meat with spices of choice, including 1/2 bell pepper and some onion (see ingredients).

In a food processor, puree 1/2 large tomato and 1 garlic clove.

Add cooked meat to a medium-sized pot, pour tomato/garlic puree into pot, begin to cook on low.

Add canned tomato sauce, cumin, pepper, garlic salt, onion, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, and molasses.

Cook on low/medium until it begins to boil.

Add liquid smoke then cover and continue cooking on low for about 5 minutes.

Add canned beans (w/ bean juice). 1/2 chopped tomato, 1/2 chopped bell pepper, and black olives (w/ olive juice).

Cook for another 20 minutes on low, covered. Uncover for 5 minutes then serve.