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!)
Yield: 4 servings
15 oz can great northern beans
about ¼ tsp cayenne pepper (this makes it spicy!)
tsp red pepper flakes (more if you want to burn a whole in the roof of your mouth!)
Pepper (a few shakes)
Brown meat with spices of choice, including ½ bell pepper and some onion (see ingredients).
In a food processor, puree ½ 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). ½ chopped tomato, ½ chopped bell pepper, and black olives (w/ olive juice).
Cook for another 20 minutes on low, covered. Uncover for 5 minutes then serve.
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