Orange Spice Baked Beans
Limoneira® Orange, herbs and spices liven up an old favorite in this recipe. Baked beans are a flavorful side dish, or a wonderful main for vegans. They’re good with breakfast, lunch or dinner, and a great source of protein and vitamins.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white beans dried
- 2 sprigs fresh oregano
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 large sage leaves
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 yellow onions chopped
- 2 jalapeño peppers chopped
- 6 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 Limoneira® oranges zest & juice
- 1 Limoneira® lime juice only
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce plain
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Instructions
Night Before
- You may choose to soak the beans in water overnight. Add them to a pot and make sure they are covered.
Day Of
- Drain the liquid from the beans. Then, add them to a large pot of water along with the oregano, bay leaves, and sage.
- Bring the beans to a boil, and cook until tender but not quite done. If you have pre-soaked them, it will take 30 to 40 minutes. Without soaking, it will take about 1 1/2 hours.
- As the beans are cooking, add the olive oil to a large skillet and saute the onions, peppers and garlic until fragrant. Add the cumin and saute for another minute or two.
- Now add the remaining ingredients, stirring to combine. Raise the heat to a medium-high temperature and bring to a boil.
- Continue to cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
- Drain the beans, and strain out the herbs – but reserve some of the liquid. You can use this to adjust the consistency of the sauce.
- Now add the beans to the sauce and continue to cook for another 15 to 20 minutes. The sauce should be thick and the beans darkened.
- Use the reserved bean liquid to thin it if the sauce gets too thick.
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