BBQs can be tricky if you don't eat meat, and even harder if you're a vegan. So many pasta salads, potato salads, and side dishes sneak bacon, cheese, mayonnaise or eggs in there! These baked beans are perfect to bring along. First of all, they're vegan friendly and second, they're AMAZING! My mom requests I make these anytime we have a family BBQ, they have become a family BBQ staple, they're that good!
The idea for this recipe came from a local Pittsburgh PBS station, WQED. They have a cooking show, QED Cooks, where local chefs or home cooks go on television and present their favorite recipes. It's the best show and if you're ever in Pittsburgh I highly recommend tuning in. But anyway, a Pittsburgh chef, BBQ Stu presented his locally famous baked beans recipe. I needed to try them so had to transform the recipe and they turned out to be the best baked beans I have ever had.
First sauté a diced onion for a few minutes. Add a diced bell pepper until slightly softened. And then add in the rest of the ingredients - a can of butter beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, vegan baked beans, 1 ½ cups vegan BBQ sauce and ⅔ cup of brown sugar. Stir to combine and bring to a boil for 15 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Then simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. And enjoy!
The Ultimate Vegan Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 15.5 ounces butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 15.5 ounces pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 15.5 ounces kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 15.5 ounces vegan baked beans
- 1 ½ cups vegan bbq sauce
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven or stockpot over medium heat, warm the olive oil until simmering. Add the diced onion and cook for a few minutes. Add in the diced bell pepper and cook until slightly softened.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients - the butter beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, vegan baked beans, 1 ½ cups vegan BBQ sauce and ⅔ cup of brown sugar. Stir to combine and bring to a boil for 15 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Then simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
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