Cracked Pepper Steak Baked Beans

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A secret ingredient features in this homemade cracked pepper baked beans recipe, perfect as a side while grilling out, or as a main dish with some cornbread.

I love me some baked beans as a side with some ribs and some cornbread, potato salad… ya know, a typical Sunday afternoon meal in summer.

These beans are a little different because I used peppered steak jerky in mine. Much like a jerky, although not a jerky, these steak snacks are chewy and flavorful.

I like the idea of making beans from scratch (okay, I didn’t use dried beans and cook my own, but I also didn’t open a can of baked beans, either!). The smell of these babies cooking on the stove was phenomenal.

I think they’d be a great addition to our meals while camping in the woods too! No need for anything other than some skillet cornbread, and we’d have a hearty meal, easily! Seriously, these things take only around an hour to make, and most of that time is hands off. My favorite!

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Cracked Pepper Steak Baked Beans

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Coleman Steak Snacks feature in this homemade baked beans recipe, perfect as a side while grilling out, or as a main dish with some cornbread.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 25 minutes minutes

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Yield: 8

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Ingredients

• 1 Tbs olive oil
• 1 large onion (diced finely)
• 5 garlic cloves (minced)
• ½ large red bell pepper (diced finely)
• 1 jalapeno pepper (diced finely (optional, omit if you don’t like heat))
• 1.5 cups chicken stock
• 2.85 oz beef jerky (Cracked Pepper flavor, sliced into ribbons)
• 4 Tbs molasses
• 1 Tbs ground cumin
• 3 15 oz cans pinto beans ((drained and rinsed))

OPTIONAL

• 1 Tbs cornstarch

Instructions

• Heat olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat.
• Cook onion, garlic, red pepper and jalapeno until softened.
• Add stock, Colman Steak Snacks, molasses, cumin and beans.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for an hour, stirring often.
• Uncover and continue to cook until the liquid is reduced (15-20 minutes).
• Taste for seasoning and adjust using salt/pepper or extra molasses and cumin if you prefer.

OPTIONAL

• If your “gravy” isn’t thick enough, remove a small amount of the liquid, and blend it with cornstarch. Mix the cornstarch mixture back into the beans and cook until thickened.

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Nutrition

Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 147mg | Potassium: 301mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Vitamin C: 13.2mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1.3mg

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Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

Author: Kylee Cooks