Food You Can Eat: Odd Beans

19/3/21 Elliecoo 11

This recipe comes from a church fellowship cookbook, and was categorized as baked beans. While technically they are baked, and are tasty, they are not classic baked beans. So I have renamed them Odd Beans.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Chop and sauté 1 cup each of onion and celery in 2 or so tablespoons of butter, in your largest frying pan, until softened – maybe 5 minutes?

Mix in 2 10-oz packages frozen Lima beans and 24-oz other canned beans, rinsed and drained (I used kidney beans and black beans). Mix in ¾ cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 tablespoon dry mustard, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Mix in a bag of shredded Monterrey Jack cheese (2 cups).

Pour it into a 2 quart casserole dish and bake, uncovered, for about 45 minutes. This makes a whole bunch of beans; it freezes well, just pour a bit of vegetable stock to reheat.

Carnivore friends – feel free to dice a small cooked ham and add it to the mix before baking. Heart healthy friends – eat a rational portion size, infrequently.

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11 Comments

  2. I could swear this song has a line about soy beans and lima beans but…I guess not? Anyway, it’s an homage to southern cooking, in the beginning. When this song came out, somewhat of a novelty song, there was a lot not to like about the (Jim Crow) south in the 1940s:
     

  3. I could swear this song has a line about soy beans and lima beans but…I guess not? Anyway, it’s an homage to southern cooking, in the beginning. When this song came out, somewhat of a novelty song, there was a lot not to like about the (Jim Crow) south in the 1940s:
     

  5. And – I may have not made this sound appetizing, but it was good, tasty enough to post here, easy, and inexpensive. Just unexpected in a way. These are not the baked beans you think they are?

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