Fourth of July Recipe

It’s not a real 4th of July cookout without sizzling meat on the grill and a big pot of all-American baked beans. At Standard Meat, we like our grilled links hot and sweet and our beans Southern style, cooked with savory bacon and plenty of smoky sausage.

Enjoy these recipes with your favorite sausages — or try them with ours: Texas Smoker’s Jalapeno Smoked Sausage Links and Syracuse Andouille Sausage.

Happy 4th of July!

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Sweet Heat Jalapeno Smoked Sausage

• Texas Smoker’s Jalapeno Smoked Sausage Links
• 1 cup Honey
• 2 tbs Cholula Hot Sauce
• 2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper

Combine honey and crushed red pepper in small pan. Over medium-high heat, bring to simmer. Remove from heat, stir in Cholula. Add more to taste if more spice is desired. Set aside.

Prepare grill. Set gas grills to medium-high heat. For charcoal grills, use a two-zone fire. Having the fire on only one side provides more options for cooking temperatures — and it’s nice to have in the event of a flare-up.
Once the grill is ready, grill the sausages until they are heated through. Be sure to flip and glaze with Cholula hot honey every 2-3 minutes until finished.

Andouille Baked Beans

• ½ lb Syracuse Andouille Sausage, 3/8” sliced
• 2 slices Bacon, ½” sliced
• 1 Sweet Yellow Onion, 3/8” dice
• 1 Green Bell Pepper, 3/8” dice
• 1 Red Bell Pepper, 3/8” dice
• 2 cloves Garlic, chopped
• 3 - 16 oz cans Navy Beans, drained
• 1 cup Ketchup
• ½ cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
• ¼ cup Molasses
• 3 tbs Apple Cider Vinegar
• ½ tsp Tabasco
• Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crispy. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
3. Add diced Syracuse Andouille sausage and sauté until browned. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
4. Add onion, garlic and both bell peppers to pan and cook in sausage drippings until soft: 5-10 minutes.
5. Add all remaining ingredients with the exception of the beans. Stir to combine and heat until sugar dissolves.
6. Return the bacon and sausage to the pan, and add the beans as well. Stir to combine. Bake uncovered in the oven for 45-55 minutes until thickened.