Baked Beans Cajun Style

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This is a spicy mild to medium hot recipe, to make a very mildly hot recipe, use only 1/4 teaspoon each of the three peppers.

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Steps

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Fry the bacon in a large frying pan until crisp.

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Let cool , then crumble the bacon , then mix all the ingredients together well except for the beans , then add beans and mix gently , so as not to mash up the beans.

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Precooked , crumbled bacon bits can be substituted for the freshly cooked bacon.

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An alternative to bacon is to use smoked ham.

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Slice ham into 1 / 8 inch cubes and place in a mixing bowl.

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Sprinkle the ham with a mixture of one-quarter cup brown sugar and one-quarter cup white sugar , mix until the ham is well coated , then brown ham in a frying pan until the sugars caramelize and begin to turn brown / black.

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Then mix all ingredients except the beans together , then add beans and mix gently , so as to not mash up the beans.

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Pour bean mixture into a 10 x 10 inch baking dish , cover with tin foil and bake at 300 degrees for 30 minutes or longer , until bubbling well around the edges of the baking dish , then remove tin foil , and broil at 400 degrees 5 to 10 minutes , u.

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Ingredients

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pork and beans, bacon, catsup, brown sugar, onion, green bell pepper, celery, black pepper, cayenne pepper, white pepper, salt