Sanguinar's Baked Beans

Looking for a way to spice up your baked beans? Sanguinar walks you through one delicious baked bean dish that moves the beans from the side to the main course. Check it out! :)

The prep time will take about 5-10 minutes, depending on how quickly you work.

What you need:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 large onion, chopped
3/4 cup chopped green pepper
Pinch each of kosher salt and black pepper
3 large cloves garlic, chopped
8 ounces hot Italian sausage, removed from casing
2 cans (28 ounces each) baked beans, preferably Bush's
3/4 cup Mutha Sauce. This sauce is optional. I sometimes skip it, but it is pretty good.

1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook til soft adding a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss in the garlic and cook for 1 minute more.

2. Crumble sausage into the veggies and cook, chopping to break the meat into small pieces. Cook until it is no longer pink. Drain off some of the bean liquid in each can so that it's at the same height as the beans; then mix the contents of both cans into the cooked veggies and sausage.

3. Turn down the heat down to medium-low and add all the rest of the ingredients. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve immediately, or cool and reheat before serving (lettin' the flavors blend a while never hurts).