Yawnnn.... right? How can this possibly be any good? I mean, it's just lemons and chicken! Honestly, I never would have attempted this recipe from Craig Claiborne's New York Times Cookbook if I didn't have a whole stack of lemons...
This recipe was created exclusively to pair with a bottle of 2006 Syrah from Tablas Creek and your BBQ. The wine is quite complex and rich with dark fruit and cocoa. It has some nice mineral
This recipe shortens the cooking time of traditional red bean recipes by using pre-cooked red beans and pureeing half of them in the food processor. The food processor also shortens the time it takes to chop the vegetables that give New Orleans red beans their characteristic flavor.
And what beans they are! These chipotle baked beans are everything your last can of baked beans thought it was going be when it grew up. They're spicy and complex and dramatic