Vegan Baked Beans

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Baked beans were always a favorite side of mine at any BBQ. I didn’t realize how easy they are to make until I decided to make them for a potluck a couple of years ago. I got lucky and mastered the recipe on the first go, so I wrote down the ingredients for the blog. Fast forward to when I go to write the blog post, I can’t find the recipe anywhere. I looked high and low in my apartment and came up empty handed. It’s been at least a year since I misplaced the recipe, and last week it just appeared on the living room floor out of nowhere. Not sure how it got there, but I knew it was a sign to make a batch for the blog.

This recipe is easy to make and requires staples that I always have on hand. It’s perfect for last minute BBQ plans or potlucks, and the key is getting these in a pot to cook low and slow for as long as possible. They only take like ten minutes to put together and end up tasting better than any store bought baked beans. You will have people asking for this recipe, I promise you.

You can sub out the sate syrup for all maple syrup if you don’t have date syrup on hand. You can also omit the smokey coconut aminos if you can’t find those at your local Trader Joe’s. I love the added smokey BBQ flavor it adds but you also get that from the liquid smoke.

Let me know if you make these and what you thought of them in the comments below.

Thanks for reading,

Jessica

Vegan Baked Beans

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Yield: 9-11

Author: Jessica Morton

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Ingredients

• 4 cans Great Northern Beans
• 1 TBSP minced garlic
• ½ cup red onion, chopped
• 2 TBSP liquid smoke (start at 2 TSP and move your way up to your preferred taste)
• 3 oz maple syrup
• 2 oz date syrup (sub this for maple syrup if you don’t have date syrup)
• 2 ½ cups or 20 oz tomato sauce
• ½ cup Vegan Worcestershire (I like Annie's)
• 1 TSP salt
• 1 TSP pepper
• 1 cup water
• 1 TBSP TJ’s Smokey Coconut Aminos

Instructions

1. Add onion, garlic, half the water (1/2 cup) and ½ teaspoon salt to a pot at medium heat. Stir and cook for about five minutes until all the water is gone.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Add remaining ingredients except the beans.
4. Mix until thoroughly mixed.
5. Gently add the beans and fold everything together.
6. Add pot to oven and cook about 30-45 minutes, or until bubbly and the sauce thickens.
7. Serve immediately or make this advance the day before an event and keep in a sealed container until its ready to be reheated. These are also great cold.

Notes

Leftovers keep for a week in the fridge.