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It doesn’t get much more southern than these bourbon peach BBQ baked beans.
Peaches, bourbon, beans? YES!!
Southerners, you sure do know good food! <–truth
I know it may seem odd to add fresh peaches to your beans, but, but, but, I promise it is not.
No babbling today because I have this feeling that tomorrow I will be doing a lot of that (exciting news!).
PS. I am SO ready for Friday, are you?
Baked beans are never something I thought I would be making. Sadly no one in my immediate family is into beans. I personally love them, but when it comes to making beans as a side dish to a family meal, beans were never an option.
That was until I heard my grandpa was coming to visit, Then I was like, “Oh my gosh, I get to make beans!! See, grandpa loves baked beans. If I recall correctly, he actually loves my Mimi’s baked beans best (Mimi is my dad’s mom, Grandpa is my mom’s dad), but I don’t have that recipe and I have had this idea for peach baked beans since the beginning of summer. So this was my chance, I was making beans!
And yes, I was pretty pumped.
PLUS the peaches have been so flipping good since the start of August. I pretty much could not wait to throw them into my beans.
This recipe is really so simple and quick to throw together. You start out by cooking some bacon (ah huh) in a big ol dutch oven until they are crisp and perfect. From there you literally just add all the other ingredients to the dutch oven (bacon stays in) and continue to bake. I’d say a good 45 minutes until the sauce is bubbly and thickened.
Yum, right?
My grandpa thought so, and guys, so did my dad!! Yay!! I tried to get my mom to eat the beans by serving them with freshly made hot popovers. She ate the popovers (like three actually), but didn’t even try the beans.
I mean, how lame is that???
Oh but then I fed gramps a kind of spicy fruit salsa and I think I ruined his taste buds for the night. Thinking maybe not everyone is all that into the hot spices like my dad. However, I also think he may have gotten a red fresno seed. Thinking that maybe the second red fresno (with a few seeds still intact) was probably not my best decision for that salsa either.
Oops!
But hey, I served this pork and that was a HUGE hit all around…just without the (double) chili salsa.
So what did I serve for dessert??? Next week people. Next week.
Bourbon Peach BBQ Baked Beans.
Ingredients
- 6 slices thick cut bacon, chopped
- 2 (14 ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed + drained
- 2 (14 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed + drained
- 2-3 ripe peaches, chopped (use 2 if peaches are big, 3 if they are small)
- 1 ½ cups your favorite BBQ sauce
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1/3-1/2 cup bourbon
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, (use this to your taste)
- 2 tablespoons grainy Dijon mustard
- 1-2 teaspoons chipotle chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoons salt + pepper
- fresh basil, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place an oven safe 3-5 quart Dutch oven or heavy bottom pot over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. If there is a lot of fat in the pot, drain off all but 1 tablespoon. To the bacon, add the cannellini beans, pinto beans, peaches, BBQ sauce, maple syrup, bourbon, balsamic dijon mustard, chipotle chili powder, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Give everything a good stir to combine.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until the sauce has thicken and is bubbly. Serve warm with fresh basil.
Nutrition
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But really, these beans are the best. Totally a crowd pleaser.
Oooh! This looks so good! I’ll have to make a pot of these beans before peach season is over!
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I can’t use pork what you sub it with?
Thanks
Hi! Just omit, the bacon. No need to replace it with anything else. Hope you love the beans!
Tieghan I am so impressed with how much you post–I love your site to begin with, and the fact that you post a recipe EVERY DAY is such a treat. Most other food blogs I follow post MWF (which I know is already a ton of work!), but I love that on Tuesdays and Thursdays (and the weekend!) I’ll still get a new recipe from you. Thanks for all your hard work–off to grab the ingredients for these beans!
Love the bourbon and peach with these beans, so good!
Oh boy, these look delicious! Makes me think of summer barbeques at home! 🙂
Baked beans are my jam. I love how you combined with peaches.
YUM! Beans make me gassy but whatever!
Wow this looks insanely delicious! I’m the only bean-appreciator in my family, too, but it’s far more special when you get around to making them! I can’t wait to give this recipe a taste. Yum!
xx Sydney
I happen to be a HUGE fan of baked beans, living in Kansas City, you kind of have to love them! I can say without a doubt though, there isn’t one place here that has baked beans as creative as these! Peaches — yes!
Do you have any suggestions if I need to cut out the bourbon? Should I just increase the other ingredients?
Hi Julie, just omit the bourbon and don’t sub anything for it. No big deal. Hope you love these beans!
Omg you must be reading my mind. I was just thinking the other day that I want to try making baked beans from scratch. I would have never thought of adding peaches.
Grandpa is going to love these! And so am I! Love the flavors Tieghan! Thanks for sharing!
Peaches and baked beans sounds awesome to me.
Southerners totally hammer it when it comes to good food! My wife is just craving pulled pork like it’s her job these days and we are hitting up every BBQ restaurant in the area, taking our old beatup convertible for a spin with our little girls in the back. It’s been fun! These baked beans look pretty dang awesome.
Do you cover the pot when they are baking?
I do not, but if you see that the beans are browning too much, cover it with foil. Thanks!!
A Jamie Oliver tip is to cover the beans with moistened parchment paper and press it lightly on top of the beans before putting it in the oven. I didn’t do that yesterday when I tried this recipe (used a maple bbq sauce) and they came out amazing. I halved the recipe and it made a perfect amount for dinner plus some leftovers. Served it with honey-mustard chicken and it was an awesome summer dinner (corn-on-the cob would have made it perfect). This is a real keeper of a summer recipe.