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I consider baked beans to be just about the best side dish. There’s just never anything boring about them. There are so many ways to prepare them. Smoky. Sweet. Tangy. The combinations seem endless. Today I made a nice little batch of hula hula baked beans to go with some grilled burgers. A little sweet, and a little citrusy, these beans hit the spot. And they were super-easy to make, too.
Get Chunky
I went with pineapple rings to top my hula hula baked beans. Why? I thought they looked cool. And everyone knew that the beans had pineapple in them. Upfront. No questions. Ok, sure I could’ve gone with crushed pineapple or pineapple chunks. But why? “Hey, there’s pineapple in here!” that’s what my baked beans said.
Can you substitute canned apples like all those other recipes? Sure. But don’t call them hula hula beans any more if you do!
Also try my peach BBQ beans.
Hula Hula Baked Beans
Equipment
Ingredients
- 28 ounces baked beans
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves optional
- 8 ounce pineapple slices drained well
- 1 tablespoon butter cut into 4 small squares
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Lightly spray a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish with non-stick spray.
- Stir together the beans, molasses, yellow mustard, brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves in a medium bowl.
- Pour the mixture into the casserole and spread out evenly.
- Top the casserole with the pineapple slices and dot with the butter.
- Bake for 30 minutes until bubbly hot.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
