Sweet and Sour Beans
Sweet and sour beans are unlike any baked beans you have ever tasted. They are sticky, sweet and made with mostly pantry ingredients!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 272kcal
Ingredients
- 250 grams Bacon 8 slices
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 4-5 cloves of Garlic minced
- 1 cup Brown Sugar loosely packed
- ½ cup White Vinegar
- 1 can 14 oz Heinz Beans (maple flavour, optional)
- 1 can 19 oz Red Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can 19 oz Chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- ½ teaspoon Salt kosher or himalayan pink
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large frying pan, cook the bacon over medium-low heat for 5-10 minutes or until cooked to your liking. Remove bacon from the frying pan and transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain.
- Chop the bacon and set aside.
- In an oven safe skillet or cast iron pan add the butter and melt over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add the brown sugar and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the white vinegar, heinz beans, red kidney beans, chickpeas, bacon and salt. Stirring to combine.
- When everything is well combined and stirred together, bake the beans for 45 minutes, stirring once in the middle of the cooking time.
Notes
If you don't have an oven safe skillet, use a deep frying pan or a saucepan and then transfer the beans to a 8x8 casserole dish to bake.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 784mg | Potassium: 200mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 44IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg
