Homemade Baked Beans

Sweet and savory, these homemade Baked Beans are easy to make and a fantastic addition to any summer meal. Flavored with bacon, molasses, onions, garlic and more, you will DIE over this classic recipe. Fabulous with Ribs and Potato Salad.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 337kcal

Equipment

1 dutch oven

Ingredients

1/2 pound hickory smoked bacon
1 cup yellow onion diced
3 cloves garlic minced
1/2 green bell pepper diced
56 oz baked beans 2-28 oz cans, such as Bush's
1/3 cup BBQ Sauce such as Sweet Baby Ray's
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons dried mustard
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray large dutch oven pot with nonstick cooking spray and place over medium heat. Cut bacon into small pieces and render fat out. You want to cook the bacon right before it gets browned and crispy. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towel lined bowl. Set aside.
Pour off excess bacon grease, leaving 2 tablespoons in the bottom of the dutch oven. Place back on the heat. Add in onion, garlic and green bell pepper and stir to saute in bacon grease. Cook 3 minutes or until it starts to brown.
Pour in cans of baked beans into the pot with BBQ sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, molasses, dried mustard, salt and pepper. Stir well and remove from heat. Add tight fitting lid and bake 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Let stand 10-15 minutes before serving.

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