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Baked Beans Recipe

These baked beans get a major upgrade with crispy bacon, spices and a sweet, tangy kick from molasses, mustard and bbq sauce.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: BBQ, Comfort food, soul food
Servings: 4
Author: August DeWindt

Ingredients

  • 5 slices bacon chopped, thick cut
  • ½ cup red onion diced
  • 28 oz can baked beans
  • Pinch of salt
  • Fresh cracked black pepper
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 ½ tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp bbq sauce
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp molasses

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
    oven temperature set to 400
  • Heat a medium oven safe pan over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until crispy. Remove from the pan and set aside. Remove half of the bacon grease as well, you can save or dump it.
    Bacon cooking in a pan.
  • To the same pan add the diced onions and cook for about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    Diced onions cooking in a pan.
  • Add the canned beans to the pan and stir together to incorporate the onions. Next, add all of the seasonings and brown sugar. Give this a few stirs to combine.
    Baked beans with seasonings on top.
  • Now add the bbq sauce, mustard and molasses. Stir this together well. Lastly, add in the bacon and stir to combine.
    Baked beans with mustard, bbq sauce and molasses.
  • Place the pan into the oven and bake for 30 minutes. If your pan isn’t oven safe, transfer the beans to an oven safe dish.
    Baked beans cooking in the oven.
  • Once finished, remove from the oven, let cool for a bit and serve warm.
    Baked beans with crispy bacon in a skillet, served warm and bubbly straight from the oven.

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Nutrition

Calories: 466kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 1285mg | Potassium: 874mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 46IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 141mg | Iron: 4mg