The easiest way to make homemade vegetarian baked beans
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Q: Do you ever brown meat before putting it in the slow cooker?
A: Nope!! I am sure browning various meats before cooking enhances the flavor, adds to the juiciness and improves a whole host of other culinary markers. But, this is real life. Who has time for that extra step? I want to throw stuff in my pot and move on to the next thing. I don't post anything that hasn't been approved by my Team of taste-testers, and that is all the proof I need that a wide variety of food can come out of a slow cooker without mucking up extra pots and and along the way.
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Disclaimer: This is the not laziest way to make vegetarian baked beans in a slow cooker. That would be buying them pre-made in a can and dumping them into your slow cooker to heat up. If you choose that route, click here to see my favorite. However, this is the easiest way to make homemade vegetarian baked beans.
Lazy Homemade Baked Bean Hacks
- line your slow cooker with a Slow Cooker Liner. If you would rather not, I would suggest spraying with this to help avoid sticking.
- Use canned beans. Just one less thing to worry about and they are very inexpensive
- Optional step: If you are around and can stir the beans and or turn the pot about half way through cooking, it will help keep things even.
- If you really like a smoky flavor, you can cook the veggie bacon in advance. I don't do this because that would involve more clean up, but it is always an option
Looking for a delicious, non-vegetarian baked bean recipe? Check out these Great Bacon Beans!
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📖 Recipe
Lazy Slow Cooker Vegetarian Baked Beans
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 3 cans pinto beans, drained
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 4 strips raw veggie bacon, diced
- 6 oz tomato paste
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ¼ cup brown sugar or brown sugar substitute (such as Swerve)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon pink Himalayan sea salt
Instructions
- drain all liquid from beans
- add drained beans, chopped onion and diced veggie bacon to slow cooker pot and stir
- add remaining ingredients and stir just enough to mix
- cook on high 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours
- If possible, stir gently and turn pot 180° half way through cooking
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