Always start this and any recipe you may be following with preparing all of your ingredients so you aren't running around the kitchen hunting stuff down.
Turn on your stove to medium high heat and saute your onion using water or 1 tablespoon of a neutral cooking oil. This should take about 5 minutes or so.
Once the onion is a nice brownish color add the minced garlic and saute for about 1 minute.
After the onion and garlic are sauteed. Add the paprika, salt, pepper, and stir to combine for 30 seconds.
Then add the liquid smoke, tomato paste, 2.5 cups of veggie broth, crushed tomatoes, vinegar, date syrup, and dijon mustard and stir to combine again for 1 minute.
Immediately add your beans and stir to combine again for 2 minutes.
If you notice the beans are a little to dry add 1/2 cup more of vegetable broth and cover the beans to simmer on medium to high for 30 minutes or until they achieve your desired consistency. I prefer thicker beans so I let mine dry out a little.
Your beans should look thick.
Enjoy with those you love.