29/03/2020
A little BBQ recipe I use and AWFUL lot, for Pit-beans and a good way to use some of the tins from the cupboard.
It works really well with your own BBQ sauce!
The Sun is out and we're almost all staying at home!
Next time you fire up the BBQ don't forget the sides, this recipe for Texas-style beans from Perrys BBQ Tutor Rich Sennewald is a great way to make use of the tins in the cupboard, working really well with any and all tinned bean, but especially Pinto, Butter or kidney beans and goes amazingly well with bbq pork dishes.
Ingredients:
1-2 Tins of beans
1 large red onion (Shredded)
1-2tbs of butter
2 cloves of garlic per tin of beans (Minced)
1 tsp per tin of beans of cumin, chili flakes, smoked paprika & flaked sea-salt
300g of cherry tomatoes per tin.
1 cup of stock of your choice+ cornflour to thicken
2 cups of beer (one for you, one for the food)
(Optional) Diced bacon lardons.
If using a bbq - a good handful of wood-chips to smoke.
To Garnish:
Spring onion, coriander leaf, salt & pepper to taste and season.
Soured cream, to serve with the final product.
This one is so easy!
This cooks low and slow, in the bbq on a low-burn, so is an ideal one to throw in next to larger joints, ribs, forerib and so on, or equally can be done in the oven.
Slap an ovenproof onto your BBQ with the lid-down (We have an old crock-pot that we use for the BBQ as the smoke and heat will permanently discolor it) over a low-heat.
Put all the ingredients bar the tomato into the pot - give them a good stir together and allow them to sit and sizzle and the flavors mingle.
Pop a wire-mesh over the top of the crock-pot or pan and sit your tomatoes on top of this, sitting over the top of other ingredients
(this is so they can cook an take in a little smoke where possible, and contribute to the below ingredients) throw your wood chips on and close the lid to your bbq, allowing the smoke to circulate as the tomatoes soften and cook.
After about 15 to 25 mins of sizzling, drink cup of beer #1 and pour cup of beer #2 into the mix and smash the tomatoes into the mix as well; stirr the mix and allow it to bubble for another 5 or 10mins.
Pour in your cup of stock that you've already thickened. give it a good stir together and pop a lid over the pan, leaving it in the lowest heat area until the beans are cooked and the rest of your food is ready - then serve it all up garnished with the sides.
If you like it a little more firey - throw some dashes of hot-sauce or bbq sauce of your choice over the top and dig in!
