Sweet and Sour Baked Beans

You will need a really large saute pan for this dish. While the kale will reduce significantly before the dish goes in the oven, you are going to want room to work with, considering it's 8 cups of the greens and two cans of kidney beans.




Preheat the oven to 350. Gather your ingredients and get the mise en place...uh...en place!



1 cup of chopped onions, and 4 garlic cloves pressed or minced



2 tsp. of olive oil



Saute onions and garlic for about 5 minutes.



While the onions soften, chop the kale, about 3/4 lbs



Drain and rinse the kidney beans



Add 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 cup of BBQ Sauce (homemade or store bought) 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard, 1 tbsp. cider vinegar, 1 tsp. hot sauce.



Combine ingredients until evenly distributed. By now the kale will have wilted enough that you can more easily work around the pan.



Pour into a 2 qt. baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.