Cooking BBQ Baked Beans Over a Campfire | Real Outdoor Cooking

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey bacon is lower in fat, while smoked sausage can be more affordable.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index, while white sugar is often cheaper.

Soak navy beans overnight in water, ensuring water level is about an inch higher than beans.

In the morning, drain the soaked beans.

Par boil the beans in a pot with enough water to cover them, adding bay leaf, cumin, and ground ginger.

Chop up bacon and prepare to build the base for the baked beans.

Strain out some of the cooking liquid from the beans, reserving it for later use.

Remove bay leaf from the beans.

Prepare a sauce by mixing barbecue sauce with additional spices, molasses, and mustard.

Add the bacon, onion, and garlic mixture into the beans.

Add reserved cooking liquid back into the beans if they are cooking too much on the bottom.

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