Baked Bean Medley Recipes

SAUTEED VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Toss vegetables together in a medium bowl.
• In a medium saute pan, heat the butter and water together over medium heat. Add the vegetables to the pan and turn the heat to medium high. Toss the vegetables, by gently moving the pan back and forth over the flame. Cook the vegetables for 3 to 4 minutes, or until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the vegetables to a serving bowl and serve immediately.
• Cook the vegetables in 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or butter, without the water. Do this over high heat and brown and crisp the vegetables slightly.
• Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, minced shallot, a teaspoon of grated peeled fresh ginger to the pan before adding the vegetables. - Enhance the vegetables at the end of cooking with a tablespoon or so of minced fresh herbs, like chopped flat-leaf parsley, dill, mint, basil, cilantro, or thyme.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously. Fill a large bowl with ice water, and put a colander or strainer in it. Add the vegetable to the boiling water and cook, uncovered, until crisp tender, or the desired degree of doneness. Scoop the vegetable from the water and immediately put them in the ice water, to stop the cooking and set their color. Cool and drain, and use as desired. When blanching a mix of vegetables, don't cook them together since they may not all cook at the same time. Start with the lightest colored or mildest flavored vegetable, and blanch and refresh each vegetable, one after the other, until cooked as desired.

FOUR-BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings; set bacon aside. Saute onions in drippings until tender. Stir in brown sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard and garlic powder., Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until onions are golden brown. Place the beans in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add onion mixture and bacon; stir to combine. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until heated through. Serve with a slotted spoon.

SLOW-COOKED BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until onion and peppers are tender. Discard bay leaves.

BAKED BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• Brown ground chuck with the onion until done. Drain fat.
• Drain 1 can pork 'n beans, kidney beans and lima beans. Add all beans into the meat mixture and pour into a 2 quart baking dish.
• Add bacon, BBQ sauce, sugar, vinegar, molasses, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.
• Cover and bake for 1 hour in a preheated 350 degree oven.

BAKED BEANS MEDLEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large skilled cook the bacon until crisp. Transfer the bacon to paper towels and drain, then crumble the bacon. Remove the bacon drippings from the skillet: reserve 2 to 3 Tbs, depending upon taste.
• Return the reserved drippings to the skillet. Cook and stir the onion and green sweet pepper in the drippings until tender. Add the brown sugar, white vinegar and water. Simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until the mixture thickens a bit, stirring occasionally.
• Stir the pork and beans, lima beans, red kidney beans, butter beans and crumbled bacon into the brown sugar -vinegar mixture in the skillet. Pour bean mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Bake the beans, covered in the 375°F oven for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven: stir the beans and bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes more , stirring twice.
• Enjoy!

THREE-BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• In a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish add the brown sugar, ketchup, dijon mustard, and black pepper stirring until well combined.
• Gently stir in the beans and cover casserole dish. Bake for 40 minutes are until beans are heated through.