BBQ Beef and Beans

$vii.68 recipe / $1.92 serving

It'southward been a while since I've fabricated something that was just a direct up simple condolement food, and after a super long week condolement food was definitely in gild. These BBQ Beefiness and Beans are like the love child of broiled beans and beefiness chili. They're hearty and flavorful, they repast prep well, and can be equally no-fuss or every bit "from scratch" equally you want them to be. I've included instructions to make them vegetarian or to amp upwardly the vegetable content below, so scroll on down to see more!

A skillet full of BBQ Beef and Beans with a wooden spoon and a black ceramic bowl of BBQ sauce on the side.

P.South. I'll be posting this bootleg BBQ Sauce recipe on its own tomorrow, along with enough of ways to put information technology to good use!

Make it Vegetarian

To make this dish vegetarian, you'll need to swap the Worcestershire sauce for a vegetarian version (Worcestershire contains anchovies). Annies Vegan Worcestershire Sauce is the most popular brand and tin can be constitute at stores like Whole Foods, or other large grocers. Once your BBQ sauce is vegetarian, merely bandy the ground beef for one actress tin can of beans. I suggest pinto, so y'all have a dainty trio of shapes and colors with your beans, but you could also double upwards on either the kidney or black beans.

Pump Upward The Vegetables

I'chiliad usually all virtually adding vegetables into my dishes wherever possible, simply today I simply wanted to keep things equally simple as possible. If yous want to add a few vegetables in at that place to balance things out, you can add together a diced onion, diced bong pepper, or even some shredded cabbage (make it easy and use bagged shredded coleslaw mix, a couple handfuls added when you lot brown the beef should do it).

Front view of a bowl of BBQ Beef and Beans topped with cheddar and green onion, and a fork lifting a bite.

Homemade BBQ Sauce vs. Shop Bought

I had been working on a homemade BBQ sauce recipe this week, and then I went ahead and used my homemade sauce in this recipe. If you don't feel like making your ain, or don't have the necessary ingredients on hand, feel free to sub ane cup of your favorite bottled BBQ sauce.

How to Serve BBQ Beef and Beans

I served mine bowl-style over some brown rice and topped with cheddar and light-green onion, but you could also serve this on a bun like a slider or sloppy joe! Or just on its own with some saltine or oyster crackers.

Close up of BBQ Beef and Beans in the skillet, topped with sliced green onion.


BBQ Beef and Beans

Serve these sweet, tangy, and savory BBQ Beefiness and Beans with rice and cheese for a simple and comforting weeknight dinner the whole family volition beloved.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Fourth dimension: 25 mins

Full Time: 30 mins

Servings: 4

  • 1 Tbsp cooking oil ($0.04)
  • two cloves garlic, minced ($0.xvi)
  • 1/2 lb. ground beef ($2.65)
  • ane 15oz. tin can kidney beans ($0.89)
  • 1 15oz. tin black beans ($0.89)

Homemade BBQ Sauce*

  • viii oz. love apple sauce ($0.25)
  • 2 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.ten)
  • 2 Tbsp apple tree cider vinegar ($0.12)
  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar ($0.08)
  • 2 Tbsp molasses ($0.35)
  • i/2 Tbsp Dijon mustard ($0.05)
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce ($0.02)
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika ($0.ten)
  • 1/four tsp garlic powder ($0.02)
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder ($0.02)
  • 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper ($0.01)
  • freshly cracked pepper ($0.02)
  • salt to taste ($0.02)

For Serving

  • 4 cups cooked rice ($0.80)
  • four oz. shredded cheddar ($0.85)
  • two green onions, sliced ($0.22)

  • Add the oil and minced garlic to a large skillet. Sauté the garlic for ane minute over medium estrus. Add together the basis beefiness and keep to sauté until cooked through. If using a higher fat content beef, bleed the backlog fatty before moving on to the side by side footstep.

  • Rinse the two cans of beans, then drain them well. Add together the beans to the skillet with the ground beef.

  • Add the ingredients for the Bootleg BBQ Sauce to the skillet (tomato plant sauce, tomato plant paste, apple cider vinegar, chocolate-brown sugar, molasses, Dijon, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, and some freshly croaky pepper).

  • Stir and cook the mixture until the sauce ingredients have combined and created a thick sauce. Allow the sauce to come up to a simmer and so simmer the beef and beans in the sauce for v minutes, stirring often. Gustatory modality the sauce and add together salt to taste (I added 1/2 tsp).

  • To serve the BBQ Beefiness and Beans, place ane cup cooked rice in each bowl, top with one cup of the BBQ Beef and Beans, then elevation with nearly 1/4 loving cup shredded cheddar and a sprinkle of sliced green onion.

*To make this recipe faster and easier, substitute 1 cup of your favorite bottled BBQ sauce for the homemade BBQ sauce listed in a higher place.

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Serving: 1 Serving ・ Calories: 742.thirteen kcal ・ Carbohydrates: 100.xv grand ・ Protein: 35.45 one thousand ・ Fat: 21.73 g ・ Sodium: 1749.25 mg ・ Fiber: 13.63 k

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  • BBQ Bean Sliders

Overhead view of a bowl full of BBQ Beef and Beans, served with rice and topped with cheddar and green onion. A bowl of green onion on the side.

How to Brand BBQ Beef and Beans – Footstep by Step Photos

Cooked brown rice in the pot.

If yous'll be serving your BBQ Beef and Beans with rice, begin cooking information technology first so that it'south ready when the beef and beans are finished cooking (cook your rice according to the bundle directions).

Minced garlic cooking in a skillet with oil. A wooden spatula in the skillet.

Add 1 Tbsp cooking oil to a large skillet, along with 2 minced cloves of garlic. Sauté over medium for one minute.

Browned ground beef.

Add 1/2 lb. ground beef and continue to sauté until the beef is cooked through. If you're using a higher fat content basis beefiness, drain the excess fat earlier moving onto the side by side step.

Rinsed beans in the skillet with the browned beef.

Rinse and drain one 15 oz. tin can of kidney beans and ane xv oz. can of blackness beans. Add them to the skillet with the browned beefiness.

BBQ Sauce Ingredients in the skillet with the beef and beans.

Next, add the ingredients for the homemade bbq sauce (8 oz. tomato plant sauce, 2 Tbsp love apple paste, 2 Tbsp brown sugar, 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, ii Tbsp molasses, i/two Tbsp Dijon mustard, one tsp Worcestershire sauce, i tsp smoked paprika, 1/4 tsp garlic pulverisation, 1/iv tsp onion powder, ane/eight tsp cayenne pepper, and some freshly cracked pepper). Or add one loving cup of your favorite bottled BBQ sauce. Yous may find that my lycopersicon esculentum paste is covered in frost. I routinely portion and freeze my leftover tomato plant paste in 1 Tbsp portions to salvage it for later. :)

Finished BBQ Beef and Beans in the skillet with a wooden spatula

Proceed to stir and cook the mixture until all the sauce ingredients are completely combined. Allow the sauce to come up to a simmer, so let the skillet simmer for five minutes, stirring ofttimes. Finally, gustatory modality the BBQ Beef and Beans and add common salt to taste (I added one/two tsp).

Finished bowl of BBQ Beef and Beans served over rice and topped with cheddar and green onions.

To serve, place i cup cooked rice in each bowl, top with i cup BBQ Beefiness and Beans, some shredded cheddar, and sliced green onions. Then get to town!