no bake baked beans

Baked Beans are a great side dish for any barbecue or cookout. I wanted to make baked beans for a barbecue my apartment was throwing, but the problem is that I have a very unreliable oven. We usually bake most of our food in our toaster oven. I created a recipe that would yield similar to baked beans without putting the beans in the oven. 

Ingredients:

dried white beans

parsley

three tomatoes chopped

4 cloves of garlic minced

two onions chopped

tomato paste

a cup of brown sugar

half a cup of silan(date syrup)

salt 

pepper

canola oil 

two tablespoons of cumin

water

Method: 

You will need to soak the dried white beans for between 6 hours to a full day. Make sure to switch the water occasionally because the beans will soak up the water as they soften. After six hours or a full day of soaking, the beans are ready to cook. Chop the two onions and add them to a large pot to saute on a medium flame. When onions are soft, you can the can add the chopped tomatoes. Cook the chopped tomatoes for about 2 minutes. Next add the garlic. Cook the garlic until it becomes fragrant. After the garlic add the cumin, silan, pepper, brown sugar, and tomato paste. Make sure that everything is incorporated thoroughly When the sauce is ready, add the beans and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and then return to a simmer. Cook for about 3 hours. You will notice during the cooking that you will need to replenish the water. When you need to replenish the water, make sure to put enough water to cover. Over the three hours of cooking, the beans will let out some of their starch which will help create a thick sauce. Add salt at the end of the cook because if you add the salt at the beginning the beans might toughen. If it is not sweet enough for you, add more brown sugar. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve as a perfect side at your barbecue this summer. Enjoy!