Mesquite Smoked Beans

Simple to make and simply delicious to eat!  This dish is a great compliment to barbecue ribs, brisket or chicken and goes great with Chef Rico's Texas Potato Salad. You don't need a lot of seasoning for this since most the flavor comes from the mesquite wood smoke you use for smoking your. So next time you fire up the smoker, make some room for Mesquite Smoked Beans.



This recipe serves 8

Ingredients

• 2- 19oz cans of Ranch Style Beans or similar
• 1/4 c- brown sugar
• 1/4 c- white onion
• 1/2 c - Stubbs Mesquite BBQ Sauce
• 3 strips- thick sliced bacon 
• 1tsp - pepper

Preparation

I use a black iron skillet just for this purpose. If you don't have one, I suggest you buy one for smoking and cooking on the grill.

1. Pour the two cans of beans in the iron skillet (flavored beans optional)
2. Add in the brown sugar and stir in
3. Chop the white onion medium size and stir in well
4. Add Stubbs BBQ sauce and stir (that's just my favorite)
5. Cut the bacon into small pieces about 1/4 wide and stir in
6. Add pepper

Place the iron skillet at the end farthest from the fire box on your smoker about 2 hours before your meat is done. The mixture will become dark and thick and that is what you want. Stir occasionally when checking your meat. Add this to my Texas Potato Salad and you will have a hit on your hands.

Comments? Suggestions?