Smoked Sausage and Beans

Yummy, Yummy!! This is a tasty little dish that I originally got from Bush's Baked Beans™ label, probably 15 years ago or so. I have made a few minor changes from the original, and I have found that it works best with a sweeter baked bean product as opposed to a spicier one. The key to it all though, is that you need to use a saucy style rather than a thick style baked beans. I have found through the years that a tomato style sauce doesn't really work so well for me, but everyone is different so it may work for you if that's your taste.

The look of this dish isn't always the most appetizing, but once you try it, you forget about the look completely. The original recipe didn't call for the onions, but I found that I like them, they give a little balance to the Garlic. For the smoked sausage, you can use plain smoked sausage or the kielbasa style, either makes a great finished product. I have also found that this is truly a one pan recipe, because the flavors from the sauté of the sausage, onions and garlic blend to the bean mixture and make the flavor perfect. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 pound smoked sausage or kielbasa
1- 8 ounce can of brown sugar style baked beans.
3 Tbsp yellow mustard
2 cloves garlic
1 medium onion

Directions:

Slice sausage into 1/4 inch thick discs , slice and quarter onion, and crush and mince garlic.

Sauté together in a large, non-stick frying pan on medium high heat, until onions are tender and sausage has mostly browned off on both sides.

Reduce heat to medium low and add beans and mustard to pan and mix well.

Simmer until mixture is bubbly and well heated, stirring often to prevent scorching.

Remove from heat and serve on a plate


EAT IT!!!

After Thoughts:

If your in the mood for shingle you can serve this on toast, it's pretty good that way. which brings me to this...

This is great for camping, if you like the mountain pies, this is a great filling for it. Or those electric pie makers. ( You know, the ones that seal and toast the bread to make little pocket sammiches) Make the recipe ahead of time and bring in a container. It works best for this if it is cold to start.

I have no secret to making this a "low gas" recipe. If you are going to be where you don't want to fart.... Don't eat this stuff!

Don't tell anyone, but this could actually be a "good for you" meal because beans are high in fiber and folic acid and vitamin A.