Root Beer Baked Beans

Name: Root Beer Baked Beans
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar; 4 slices bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces; 4 larges black cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 1 tablespoon of seeds), optional; 2 kilograms cannellini beans (white kidney beans), rinsed and drained; 3 larges cinnamon sticks (if you have the kind you get at Indian stores, its about 3 tablespoons of cinnamon bark bits); 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 Tbsp grainy mustard; 59 milliliters green cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 2 tablespoons of seeds); 6 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 teaspoons molasses; 1 pinch Hefty red pepper flakes; 680 grams root beer; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 1 large white onion, finely diced

Root Beer Baked Beans is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 469 calories, 23g of protein, and 7g of fat. A mixture of grainy mustard, cinnamon sticks, garlic cloves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It works best as a side dish, and is done in around 1 hour and 10 minutes. It will be a hit at your Father's Day event. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of American food.

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Set a medium oven-safe pot over moderate heat and add bacon. Cook until most of the fat is rendered out and the bacon is crisp. Prepare a plate with paper towels, and using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon from the pot to the plate. Set about a quarter of the bacon aside, for garnish.

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Bacon

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Slotted Spoon

Paper Towels

Oven

Pot

Add the onions, garlic and ginger to the pot, and saute until soft and golden.

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Garlic

Ginger

Onion

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Pot

Add the tomato paste and cook until the tomato paste deepens in color, about another minute.

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Tomato Paste

Next add the root beer, cider vinegar, molasses, grainy mustard, red pepper flakes and garam masala. Stir to combine. Then add the beans and bacon, and gently stir so the beans don't lose their shape. Taste for salt and pepper, then pop into the oven, uncovered, until the mixture thickens, about 30 minutes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Salt And Pepper

Whole Grain Mustard

Apple Cider Vinegar

Garam Masala

Root Beer

Molasses

Bacon

Beans

Pop

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Remove the beans from the oven, let it cool slightly, and sprinkle with reserved bacon and serve.

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Bacon

Beans

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Combine the cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamom seeds, black cardamom seeds, if using into a spice grinder or coffee grinder and grind until fine. Store the spice mix in an airtight container away from direct sunlight.

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Cinnamon Stick