Texas-Style Baked Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1red onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
  • 1 tablespoon butter, or as needed
  • 1 pound bacon, diced
  • 1red bell pepper, diced
  • 3jalapeno peppers, minced, or to taste
  • 1 cup beer, or more to taste
  • 1 cup barbeque sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 6 cups cooked pinto beans
  • 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
  • cracked black pepper to taste
  • Directions

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter.

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  • Step 2

    Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic in hot oil until onion begins to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Add bacon, bell pepper, and jalapeno peppers; cook and stir until bacon is browned, 7 to 10 minutes more.

  • Step 3

    Stir beer, barbeque sauce, brown sugar, and molasses together in a large bowl; add pinto beans and bacon mixture. Season with garlic salt and black pepper. Pour beans mixture into the prepared baking dish.

  • Step 4

    Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and browned, about 45 minutes.

  • Cook's Note:

    To bake beans on a wood smoker, preheat the smoker to between 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) and 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Pour beans mixture into a greased 9×13-inch foil pan. Cook in the smoker for 30 minutes. Cover foil pan with aluminum foil and continue cooking for 2 to 3 hours. Remove aluminum foil cover and transfer beans to a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 10 minutes to brown the beans.

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