Baconless Baked Beans

Name: Baconless Baked Beans
Ingredients: 3 (16 ounce) cans pork and beans, drained just a little bit; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped; 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped; 1 cup French-fried onions, divided; 14 cup ketchup, pref. Heinz; 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard; 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup; 18 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt; 18 teaspoon pepper; 18 teaspoon cayenne (ground red pepper); 2 tablespoons pickle juice, divided (dill pickle juice); 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar, divided

14 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

3 (16 ounce) cans pork and beans, drained just a little bit
2 tablespoons butter
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
1 cup French-fried onions, divided
14 cup ketchup, pref. Heinz
1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
18 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
18 teaspoon pepper
18 teaspoon cayenne (ground red pepper)
2 tablespoons pickle juice, divided (dill pickle juice)
2 teaspoons dark brown sugar, divided

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2

Put the pork and beans into a covered 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
3

In a medium skillet; melt the butter on medium heat and saute your green pepper, garlic, and jalapeno until soft.
4

(about 6 minutes).
5

Allow pepper mix to cool just a bit in a bowl then stir the pepper mix into your beans.
6

In a medium bowl; mix the ketchup, mustard, maple syrup, Lawry's, pepper, cayenne, 1 TBSP of the dill pickle juice, and 1 tsp of the brown sugar.
7

Mix the ketchup mix into your beans then mix 1/2 cup of your french-fried onions into the beans.
8

Mix the other 1/2 cup of your french-fried onions with your other tsp brown sugar and your other TBSP dill pickle juice then sprinkle that over the top of your beans.
9

Cover and bake the beans for 1 hour.