Best 9 Backwoods Idaho Thick And Hearty Smoky Baked Beans Recipes

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Craving a hearty and smoky dish that will tantalize your taste buds? Look no further than the "Backwoods Idaho Thick and Hearty Smoky Baked Beans". This classic recipe, originating from the rugged mountains of Idaho, promises a symphony of flavors that will transport you to a cozy cabin in the woods. With its perfect blend of sweet, smoky, and savory notes, these baked beans will be the star of your next gathering or a comforting meal to relish on a chilly evening. So gather your ingredients, fire up your oven, and let's embark on a culinary journey to create this delectable dish that will leave you craving for more.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

HEARTY BAKED BEANS



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Ground beef is added to homemade baked beans for a hearty, slow-cooked dish.

Provided by Jessica Walker

Categories     Side Dish

Time 3h30m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
4 slices bacon, chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
1 can (28 oz) baked beans
1 can (15.5 oz) kidney beans, drained
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon yellow mustard

Steps:

  • In 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef, bacon and onion until beef is browned; drain.
  • In slow cooker, mix beef mixture and all remaining ingredients.
  • Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 350, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 5 g, Protein 18 g, SaturatedFat 3 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 450 mg, Sugar 28 g, TransFat 0 g

SMOKY BAKED BEANS



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They'll be standing in line for this saucy bean recipe, full of campfire flavor. A variation on colorful calico beans, it makes a great side dish with all your cookout favorites. -Lynne German, Cumming, Georgia

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Side Dishes

Time 7h25m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 pound bulk spicy pork sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
2 15-oz. cans pork and beans
1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (16 ounces) butter beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (15-1/2 ounces) navy beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained
1/2 cup hickory smoke-flavored barbecue sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon steak seasoning
1 teaspoon liquid smoke, optional

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the beans, tomatoes and sausage mixture. In a small bowl, combine the barbecue sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, steak seasoning and Liquid Smoke if desired. Stir into bean mixture. , Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until heated through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 244 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 10mg cholesterol, Sodium 896mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 8g fiber), Protein 11g protein.

BACKWOODS IDAHO THICK AND HEARTY SMOKY BAKED BEANS



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I grew up in North Idaho in a town of 20 people. I lived with three loggers who loved their food, loved lots of food, and loved it thick and filling. This fit the bill perfectly, especially when served with grilled steak or chicken and IDAHO potato salad!

Provided by Aurora

Categories     Beans

Time 2h15m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 lb hamburger
1 package bacon
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon liquid smoke (very necessary for true smoky Idaho flavor)
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 (32 ounce) cans pork and beans
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can red kidney beans, rinse and drain
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can small white beans, rinse and drain
1 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Brown hamburger and onion.
  • Drain.
  • Dice bacon and brown.
  • Drain.
  • Meanwhile, mix remaining ingredients in a very large bowl.
  • Stir in bacon and hamburger and mix well.
  • Pour into an 11x15 pan (it will boil over in a 9x13).
  • Cover with foil and bake at 325 for 2 hours.

SMOKY BAKED BEANS



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Provided by Aaron McCargo Jr.

Categories     side-dish

Time P1DT2h15m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 pound dry white beans (that have been soaked overnight)
3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely diced
1/2 pound smoked sausage, diced
1/4 cup roasted garlic paste
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon dry mustard
Dash balsamic vinegar
1 sprig rosemary
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups chicken stock
12 ounces dark beer
1 (14-ounce) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
4 tablespoons finely chopped parsley leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large Dutch oven, over high heat, bring the soaked beans up to a boil with enough water to cover the beans by 2 inches. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes. Drain in a colander.
  • In the same Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the butter. Add the onions and saute until nicely colored, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the smoked sausage and brown. Stir in the roasted garlic paste, sugar, maple syrup, mustard and vinegar and mix well. Add the rosemary, cayenne pepper, and chicken stock. Add beans and stir well. Pour in the stock and the beer and bring to a boil. Cover and bake in the oven for 90 minutes. Remove from oven. Stir in the tomatoes, and parsley and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.

SWEET AND SMOKY BAKED BEANS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Time 1h25m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

4 strips thick sliced bacon, cut into 1/4-inch slivers
2 medium onions, finely chopped (about 2 cups)
1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped
2 gloves garlic, minced
2 (15-ounce) cans great northern or kidney beans, drained and rinsed in a colander
1/3 cup molasses
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar, or to taste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/4 tablespoon liquid smoke, or to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • In a heavy pot, cook the bacon over medium heat to render the fat, about 5 minutes. Discard all but 2 tablespoons fat.
  • Add the onion, pepper, and garlic and cook until the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the beans, molasses, barbecue sauce, ketchup, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustards, vinegar, and liquid smoke. Simmer the beans, uncovered, until rich and thickly flavored, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon. Alternatively, place the baked beans in a deep baking dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Add salt, pepper, or any other ingredient to taste.

DOWN HOME BAKED BEANS



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This is a simple recipe for baked beans, and oh so good.

Provided by MEANJEANNE

Categories     Side Dish     Beans and Peas     Baked Bean Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 11

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 pound bacon
2 (28 ounce) cans baked beans
1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
1 large sweet onion, chopped
2 cups packed brown sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine beans, chili sauce, onion, brown sugar and bacon. Pour into a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 483.5 calories, Carbohydrate 71.6 g, Cholesterol 28.1 mg, Fat 19.1 g, Fiber 6.1 g, Protein 11.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 883.5 mg, Sugar 51.1 g

HEARTY BBQ BAKED BEANS



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These beans have lots of flavor. I don't care for beans that are to sweet but you can add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar to sweeten these up. They go excellent with grilling. I use Bush's original beans and Jack Daniels BBQ sauce but you can use what you prefer. Reduce baking time to 1 hr if you don't like a thick beans.

Provided by IceDown

Categories     Pork

Time 2h

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 (16 ounce) can baked beans
4 slices bacon
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup ham, diced
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cook bacon in a skillet until almost crispy. Remove bacon from skillet and roughly chop, but do not drain skillet.
  • Use bacon fat to saute onion and bell pepper until translucent, Drain.
  • In a oven safe bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Cover with foil.
  • Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 255.2, Fat 11.8, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 20, Sodium 919.4, Carbohydrate 30.1, Fiber 5.6, Sugar 12.4, Protein 11

CHOOSY BEGGARS SMOKY BBQ BAKED BEANS



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This recipe makes the best baked beans I have ever eaten...period. It comes from http://www.choosy-beggars.com/index.php/2009/09/04/smoky-bbq-baked-beans/ and I encourage you to have a look at their site to read their own intro for this, as well as to see other great recipes. I just love their writing style! We probably had old beans because they had not softened in the specified time, so we just put the partially cooked beans in the slow cooker to finish overnight. I have read that it is better to add acid ingredients after the beans have been cooking for at least one hour to prevent the skins from toughening, and I will do that next time. (making a big batch for a potluck? Use the measurements in brackets and double your fun). This can be modified to make vegetarian...see below. My son, who is diabetic, used Splenda Brown Sugar Blend, reduced the maple syrup, and omitted the molasses (but felt that it really should have had it for more depth of flavour). To compensate, he increased the chipotle, and the end result was still fantastic...or at least, we thought so...

Provided by Sweet Baboo

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 14h

Yield 1 pot, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 lb dried navy beans (2 lbs. dried navy beans)
1 smoked pork hock, about 1 pound (same size pork hock but use all the meat)
2 bay leaves (3 bay leaves)
14 ounces crushed tomatoes (28 oz can crushed tomatoes)
2 tablespoons yellow mustard (1/4 cup yellow mustard)
2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses (1/4 cup molasses)
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (1/4 cup vinegar)
1/4 cup maple syrup (1/2 cup maple syrup)
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (3 tbsp wooster)
1 1/2 tablespoons packed brown sugar (3 tbsp brown sugar)
3 garlic cloves (6 cloves garlic)
1 large chipotle chili pepper (2 chipotle peppers)
1 teaspoon adobo sauce (2 tsp adobo sauce)
1 teaspoon cumin powder (2 tsp cumin)
1/2 teaspoon allspice (1 tsp allspice)
2 cups chicken stock (4 cups chicken stock)
1 1/2 cups as needed chicken stock (2-3 cups chicken stock as needed)
kosher salt, to taste

Steps:

  • * If you wanted to make this vegetarian, omit the pork hock. Instead, drop 2 tbsp of butter into the bottom of your Dutch oven before the beans go in, and add 6-8 drops of liquid smoke (or 1/4 tsp if you're making enough for a potluck) to the wet and stickies before it goes in the oven.
  • Soak the beans in three times as much water for 8 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat your oven to 325ºF with your racks near the bottom.
  • In a fairly large Dutch oven (particularly if you're making the potluck amount) nestle the pork hock and pour the soaked beans around it. Add the bay leaves.
  • In a medium-large mixing bowl, pour the tomatoes, mustard, molasses, red wine vinegar, maple syrup and worcestershire sauce. Measure in the brown sugar, cumin and allspice.
  • Finely mince (or grate) the cloves of garlic and add them to the mix. Take your chipotle out of their deliciously spicy adobo sauce and chop very, very finely. Add the chipotle and dollop in your adobo sauce. Season with salt (1-2 tsp for the regular amount, and up to 1 tbsp, depending on taste, for the potluck size).
  • Give the sauce a good whisk to make sure that everything is combined, and pour it over the beans. Stir until the beans are evenly coated. The pork hock gets in the way a little bit, but just work around it. Believe me, it's much easier than lifting the pork hock out and then trying to sandwich it back in and even things out.
  • Pour 2 cups of chicken stock over top. It should look rather soupy at this point.
  • Cover the Dutch oven and tuck it in to bake for at least 4 hours before checking to see the condition of your beans. They will have absorbed quite a bit of the flavorful sauce at this point, and started to thicken up.
  • The beans should be very tender and soft, but not falling apart into mush. Remove the pork hock from the pot.
  • Add more stock to the pot until it starts to look thin and saucy but not overly soupy. Does that make sense? Tuck the beans back in the oven to continue cooking while you let the pork hock cool until it's easy to handle. At that point, separate the meat from the skin/fat and bones. Discard the gristle and bones before tearing the meat into relatively small chunks. Reserve the big fatty skin chunk (appetizing? No. Delicious flavor inducing? Yes) that was on the exterior of your pork hock.
  • Mix about half of the chopped pork back in with the beans (or all of it if you were making the larger amount, or if you just happen to have a fondness for smoked pork...which is entirely understandable), and add more stock if they aren't looking loose enough. Casually drape the skin/fat on top of the beans like a first date at a movie theater. Try to lay it fat side up if you can. Put the lid back on and tuck the beans back, yet again, in your oven for another 1 - 1.5 hours. The texture of the beans should be saucy but not soupy. You know, fairly thick but not goopy. Sloppy? Can I describe them as sloppily thick beans? Because that's how I like them. It's up to you, though. If you like a saucier bean, add more stock. If you like a thicker bean, let it cook for the last half hour uncovered. There are ways to give you what you want, the beans say so.
  • Remove the fat cap from the beans and give them a good stir before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.7, Fat 2.4, SaturatedFat 0.4, Cholesterol 3.1, Sodium 310.6, Carbohydrate 55.6, Fiber 14.8, Sugar 14.9, Protein 16

HEARTY BAKED BEANS



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This saucy dish is flavorful and filling, chock-full of ground beef, bacon and four varieties of beans. I've had the recipe for years, and I make it often for big appetites at home and for potlucks at work and church. -Cathy Swancutt, Junction City, Oregon

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Side Dishes

Time 1h15m

Yield 18 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 pound ground beef
2 large onions, chopped
3/4 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
4 cans (15 ounces each) pork and beans
1 bottle (18 ounces) honey barbecue sauce
1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (15-1/4 ounces) lima beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon liquid smoke, optional
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, cook beef and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. Dutch oven. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until heated through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 228 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 770mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (18g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 11g protein.

Tips:

  • Choose the right beans: The type of beans you use will greatly affect the flavor of your baked beans. Great Northern beans are a popular choice, but you can also use pinto beans, navy beans, or black beans.
  • Soak the beans overnight: Soaking the beans overnight will help to reduce the cooking time and make them more tender. If you don't have time to soak the beans overnight, you can quick-soak them by boiling them for 1 minute, then removing them from the heat and letting them sit for 1 hour.
  • Use a variety of seasonings: The key to great baked beans is using a variety of seasonings. Common seasonings include brown sugar, molasses, mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and smoked paprika. You can also add in some chopped bacon, onion, or celery for extra flavor.
  • Cook the beans low and slow: Baked beans are best when they are cooked low and slow. This will help to develop the flavors and make the beans tender. Bake the beans in a 300°F oven for at least 4 hours, or until the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened.
  • Serve the beans with your favorite sides: Baked beans are a great side dish for a variety of meals. They can be served with grilled chicken, pork, or fish, or they can be enjoyed on their own. Some popular side dishes for baked beans include cornbread, coleslaw, and potato salad.

Conclusion:

Backwoods Idaho Thick and Hearty Smoky Baked Beans are a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that is perfect for any occasion. With a few simple ingredients and a little time, you can create a dish that will be sure to please everyone at your table. So next time you are looking for a hearty and flavorful side dish, give these baked beans a try.

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