Moms Comfort Beans Weenies Tater Bake Food

MOM'S COMFORT BEANS & WEENIES TATER BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F.
• Melt the bacon fat in a cast iron skillet set over medium heat.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, until just soft.
• Add in the tomato paste and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes or until you can smell it cooking.
• Add the brown sugar, mustard powder, Worcestershire sauce and salt.
• Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the kidney beans and simmer over low heat for 20-30 minutes, until beans are soft.
• Add in the baked beans and potatoes, stir gently to combine.
• Cook for a minute just to warm up.
• Stir the hot dog pieces into the bean mixture and transfer skillet to the oven.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

MOM'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat 8 cups water and beans to boiling over medium-high heat. Boil uncovered 2 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand 1 hour; drain.
• Heat oven to 350°F. In same 5-quart Dutch oven, cook and stir salt pork over medium-high heat 5 to 6 minutes, until lightly browned. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boiling over medium-high heat. Cover; place in oven and bake 1 hour.
• Stir beans; remove cover. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender and of desired consistency. If desired, transfer beans to a casserole for serving.

BEANIE WEANIE TOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Dump can of baked beans (we use Bush's vegetarian) into a casserole dish. (We use a medium sized glass bowlish looking thing).
• Set the dish aside.
• Cut up hotdogs into bite sized pieces; add to casserole dish, and mix until dogs are well coated with baked bean sauce.
• Cover the bean and dog mixture with tater tots. We usually use a couple handfuls; use as many as you'd like. Just make sure to cover the mixture completely.
• Place the casserole dish in the oven for 1/2 an hour or until tater tots are golden brown.
• When Redneck Casserole is all done, turn off the oven and sprinkle the top with cheese.
• Redneck Casserole is completely done when cheese is melted and you just can't take it anymore; dig in!
• (You can mix pretty much anything with this dish; sour cream, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, etc.).