Rhubarb Baked Beans

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No one at the barbecue or potluck will believe it when you confess the secret ingredient in these sweet-and-savory baked beans. In addition to rhubarb, powdered ginger and bacon add big-time flavor.

Rhubarb Baked Beans
Hands On Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 15 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
5 cups

Ingredients

  • 4 slices thick-sliced bacon, chopped

  • 1 ½ cups chopped rhubarb

  • 1 cup chopped sweet onion

  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 2 15 ounce cans navy beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce

  • ½ cup packed brown sugar

  • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp; remove with slotted spoon. In reserved drippings, cook rhubarb and onion about 2 minutes or until tender. Stir in salt and ginger; cook 1 minute more.

  2. Stir in beans, tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard and cooked bacon. Transfer to a 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Cover and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 20 minutes more or until surface loses wet appearance.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

212 Calories
8g Fat
31g Carbs
8g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 8
Calories 212
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 8g 10%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 13mg 4%
Sodium 777mg 34%
Total Carbohydrate 31g 11%
Total Sugars 16g
Protein 8g 16%
Vitamin C 5mg 6%
Calcium 42mg 3%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 238mg 5%

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