BBQ Irish Bangers with beans and slaw Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy a little bit 'O Gayle's BBQ Sauce with this classic Irish favorite, BBQ Irish Bangers, with homemade beans and slaw 1 Pound Irish Sausages 1/4 Cup Gayle's Original BBQ Sauce
Prepare your grill by preheating for low temperature cooking. Place sausages onto grilling surface and brown on all sides. Brush each one with Gayle's Original BBQ Sauce and continue grilling until done. Serve on a platter with or without frankfurter buns. Serve with homemade baked BBQ beans and homemade coleslaw..
Homemade Baked BBQ Beans: Ingredients
Gayle's BBQ Sauce -Original, Extra Sassy or Honey Sweet! 1 (16 ounce) package dry navy beans 6 cups water 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cups chopped sweet onions 1 clove garlic, minced 4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 3 bay leaves 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Place beans and water in a large pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and continue cooking 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender. Drain, and transfer to a large casserole dish. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onions, and cook until tender. Mix in garlic, and cook until golden brown. Mix onions and garlic into casserole dish with the beans. Stir in the tomato sauce. Mix in brown sugar, molasses, vinegar, bay leaves, mustard, pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Cover and bake 3 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, stirring frequently and adding water if necessary. Remove cover, and continue baking 30 minutes.
Homemade Irish Cole Slaw
Ingredients
1 small, hard, red or white cabbage or ½ each 2 eating apples or 1 well-ripened Bramleys apples (substitute Granny Smith or Fuji if needed) 2 tb raisins 4 tb Honey 1 tb cider vinegar 1 good bunch of chives, along with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
Discard any tatty outer leaves from the cabbage, then quarter it and remove the core. Shred the rest very finely and put into a large bowl. Peel and coarsely grate the apples and add to the bowl with the raisins, honey and vinegar (measure the honey with a heated spoon and warm it slightly if it doesn't run easily). Mix well, chop the chives finely with sharp scissors and add to the bowl with a good seasoning of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix well, cover and leave in a cool place for an hour or two so that the flavors can blend. Mix again and check the seasoning before serving.
Serves at least 8.
Set out the bottle of Gayle's Original BBQ Sauce on the table for dipping, and enjoy your authentic Irish dish! |