Crock Pot Caribbean-Style Black Beans

Name: Crock Pot Caribbean-Style Black Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 (15 ounce) cans whole reduced sodium black beans, drained; 1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened crushed canned pineapple; 1/2 cup barbecue sauce; 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 4 -5 vegetarian sausage links or 4 -5 sausage patties (crumbled); 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated; 2 teaspoons dry mustard; salt, to taste; black pepper, to taste; water or broth

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"Easy recipe for a weeknight meal. Throw everything in crock pot in the morning and your meal's ready when you arrive home from work or school. Serve with hot cooked rice; tossed salad on the side. Source unknown. Vegetarian friendly! *Update* February 2009: I used this recipe: Recipe #100408 to replace the ham."

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photo by Debbie R.

Ready In:: 6hrs 10mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

2 (15 ounce) cans whole reduced sodium black beans, drained
1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened crushed canned pineapple
¹⁄₂ cup barbecue sauce
¹⁄₂ cup chopped yellow onion
¹⁄₃ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₄ 4 -5 vegetarian sausage links or 4 -5 sausage patties (crumbled)
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
2 teaspoons dry mustard
salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
water or broth

directions

Put all ingredients except for water in crock pot.
Cook on LOW for about 4-6 hours. If mixture appears dried out, add a little bit of water or broth to desired consistency.
Serve hot with rice.

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Reviews

Here in Australia black beans in a can don't exist. So, I had to soak mine and cook them (they are a bit hard to find as they aren't popular - we are more influenced my Asian cooking). I added a bacon bone, a green capsicum (pepper) and extra bbq sauce (I left out the sugar - I'm thought it would make it too sweet). I cooked mine in the oven (nice and slow for a couple of hours). I agree that a bit of hot sauce would be great. I served it with rice and can I say it is tasty but more filling than I thought. Thanks for the recipe, the leftovers are going into a pot of chili

cookingpompom
This is a Caribbean baked bean recipe, basically. I loved it. Easy and delicious. I added 1 Tb. of golden rum to the mixture at the beginning. My mixture came out a little soupy, more than I would get from 1 Tb. of rum. I guess I was supposed to drain the pineapple? Anyway, I just slightly thickened with a little cornstarch slurry. I added several shakes of cayenne pepper to my serving. I'm sure I'll be making this again.

Debbie R.
I went home at lunch, threw this in the crockpot and when I got home, the whole house smelled wonderful! Super easy and good too! I think next time I'll leave out the ham and use 2 cans of pineapple (I really love pineapple), but this was just great! I love the barbeque sauce with the black beans. I didn't need to add any water at the end.

TexasHurricane
I halved the recipe and really enjoyed this dish! I used veggie chorizo style sausage. Lots of flavor! Thanks Cookgirl!

Sharon123
I didn't like this quite so sweet. I added a couple of dashes of tabasco sauce. I might add a can of pinto beans to the next batch. I served it over corn bread.

icandoit185

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Tweaks

I followed this recipe exactly but used 2 cups chopped cooked chicken instead of ham. I served it over brown rice. It was a huge hit with my family! This is going right into my Crockpot recipe cookbook - thank you!

LorrieK
I think this was very sweet for my taste but we enjoyed it a lot. I didn't have pineapple on hand and used fresh sliced red peppers in place of the pineapple. I did use spicy honey BBQ sauce, that may have attributed to the substantial sweetness.

Larawithoutau