BBQ Baked Beans

Our BBQ baked beans is a quick, easy and super tasty recipe, enough for a large crowd. The combination of spices and ingredients is decadently hearty, smokey, and everything you look for in baked beans. They are just that good!!

Our recipe includes bacon, pork sausage, pinto beans, and all the classic ingredients like BBQ sauce, ketchup, and my secret combination of winning spices. Just when you think everything is delicious, I top the beans with slices of bacon to add more smokey, crispy bacon flavor. This one is a keeper!

Love beans? So do I!! I hope you’ll try our cowboy baked beans, coca cola baked beans, calico baked beans, and charro baked beans, next!

BBQ BAKED BEANS INGREDIENTS

• BBQ Sauce: I prefer Bulls-Eye Original, but feel free to use your favorite brand. Use your favorite brand. A Southern condiment, BBQ sauce is a sweet and spicy, tomato-based sauce. This ubiquitous sauce is an ingredient in a variety of dishes.
• Ketchup: Any brand, tomato ketchup is a condiment made from tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Used for a variety of applications, it’s not just for French fries!
• Brown Sugar: Light brown sugar adds the necessary sweetness for this dish and adds depth of flavor.
• Creole Mustard: This is made with brown mustard seed marinated in vinegar, horseradish, and other spices.  
• Cider Vinegar: Also known as apple cider vinegar, this acetic acid is used in everything from dressings to marinades to sauces. It adds the perfect balance to so many foods.
• Liquid Smoke: This is a flavoring used to substitute the smoky wood flavor.
• Garlic Powder: Granulated garlic powder is a great spice when you don’t have fresh garlic.  You can substitute fresh garlic, one clove equals ½ teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.  For this recipe, I suggest using granulated for a more subtle flavor.
• Cajun Seasoning: I use Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning which contains salt, pepper, red pepper, and granulated garlic.
• Bacon: Thick-cut bacon gives that perfect bite of smoky bacon flavor. Just to top it off, we cover the beans with strips of bacon as well!
• Pork Sausage: Bulk breakfast sausage such as Jimmy Dean’s regular flavor pork sausage. This ingredient adds just the right amount of seasoned port and fat to make the beans extra tasty.
• Baked Beans: Use your favorite brand, but I prefer Bush’s Baked Beans. Don’t forget to add the tasty juice!
• Pinto Beans: Canned pinto beans add a little girth to the texture of my barbecue baked beans. Give it a good rinse and drain.
• Rotel Diced Tomatoes: With just the right spice, I love Rotel. Drained.

TIPS 

• Save The Juice! I kept all the juice from the canned baked beans, which resulted in a juicy bean and pork sausage mixture.
• Baking Pan: Please take note of the size of your baking dish. The volume of the BBQ Beans will exceed the volume of a standard pyrex 13 x 9 inch. Here’s a link to an extra deep Pyrex 9X13 inch baking dish. (affiliate link. I make a little bit of money, if you purchase from this link. It helps me make a living so I can keep the recipes coming! You’re NEVER charged even a penny more using this link! I really appreciate your help!!!)
  • Here’s a metal 9×13 inch baking dishes that has higher sides, so it accommodates more volume. Here’s the metal 9X13 baking pan I use. I love the heavy gauge of this baby.

STORING + FREEZING + MAKE-AHEAD

• How Long Can You Keep This in The Fridge? Once cooked and cooled, your barbecue baked beans with bacon will last up to three days in the fridge.
• Can You Freeze This? It is not recommended to freeze, as the texture of the beans will change with freezing.
• Make-Ahead: My barbecue baked beans with canned beans is easy and convenient. Delicious and so easy to simply warm up in the microwave oven.  It may even taste better the next day!
• Food Safety: If you’d like more info on food safety check out this link.

SERVING RECOMMENDATIONS

These baked beans are great with anything fresh off the grill like our cilantro lime chicken, pollo asada, Greek chicken, beef shish kabobs, grilled flank steak, or our spiced beef kabobs!

Here are a few sides that go deliciously with these beans. Try or KFC coleslaw, dill pickle pasta salad, tortellini pasta salad, easy-peasy pasta salad with Italian dressing, Mom’s classic macaroni salad, taco pasta salad, Hawaiian macaroni salad (with the authentic vinegary bite!),  grape salad , 7-layer salad, or our amazing, fully loaded Mediterranean salad. Oh, and don’t forget to make lotsa + lotsa of garlic bread (I promise my recipe will become your new favorite!)

HOW TO MAKE BBQ BAKED BEANS

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BBQ Baked Beans

Our BBQ baked beans deliver deliciously unique flavors sure to please your crew. These are NOT your typical baked beans, folks!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Servings: 16 Servings

Author: kathleen

Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
• ▢ 1/2 cup ketchup
• ▢ 1/2 cup water
• ▢ 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• ▢ 2 tablespoons creole mustard
• ▢ 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
• ▢ 1 pound thick-cut bacon, DIVIDED, 6 pieces cut into 1-inch pieces
• ▢ 1 pound breakfast pork sausage
• ▢ 2 onions chopped
• ▢ 2 (28-ounce) cans baked beans
• ▢ 1 (15-ounce) can baked beans
• ▢ 3 (15-ounce) cans pinto beans, drained
• ▢ 1 (10-ounce) can RO*TEL original diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained

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Instructions

• Adjust the oven rack to the middle position in the oven cavity. preheat oven to 350ºF (177ºC).
• In a large mixing bowl, or a 4-cup glass measuring cup, whisk together BBQ sauce (1/2 cup), ketchup (1/2 cup), water (1/2 cup), brown sugar (2 tablespoons), creole mustard (2 tablespoons), vinegar (2 tablespoons), liquid smoke (1 teaspoon), garlic powder (1 teaspoon), and cajun seasoning (1/2 teaspoon); set aside.
• Set 6 slices of bacon aside for topping the beans later. Chopped the remaining bacon. In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook the chopped bacon, until crispy. Remove cooked bacon with a slotted spoon to an extra-large mixing bowl. Drain the bacon grease and save for another use or discard.
• In the same skillet cook and crumble breakfast sausage (1 pound) into small pieces, over medium-high heat. Cook until fat begins to render from sausage, about 5 minutes (it won't be completely cooked at this point). Add onions and cook until sausage and onions are well browned, about 15 minutes. Remove and discard excess grease.
• Transfer cooked sausage/onion mixture to the extra large mixing bowl.
• Add baked beans (3 cans), pinto beans (3 cans), RO*TEL (1 can), BBQ sauce, and crispy bacon pieces to the extra-large bowl.
• Transfer bean mixture to an extra deep 9X13-inch baking dish (Do Not use a standard 13X19. The volume of the beans is too great for a standard 9X13-inch standard pyrex or ceramic baking dish). You can also use a metal 9X13 dish, or split the beans up in 2 pans. Place the baking dish on the rimmed baking sheet.
• Cut the remaining 6 slices of bacon into 1-inch pieces and decoratively arrange pieces in a single layer over top of the beans.
• Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until beans are bubbling and bacon is rendered. Let cool for 15 minutes. Serve.

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Notes

1. Save The Juice!I kept all the juice from the canned baked beans, which resulted in a juicy bean and pork sausage mixture.
2. Baking Pan: Please take note of the size of your baking dish. The volume of the BBQ Beans will exceed the volume of a standard pyrex 13 x 9 inch. Here’s a link to an extra deep Pyrex 9X13 inch baking dish. (affiliate link. I make a little bit of money, if you purchase from this link. It helps me make a living so I can keep the recipes coming! You’re NEVER charged even a penny more using this link! I really appreciate your help!!!)
   • Here’s a metal 9×13 inch baking dishes that has higher sides, so it accommodates more volume. Here’s the metal 9X13 baking pan I use. I love the heavy gauge of this baby.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 491kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 1074mg | Potassium: 968mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 143IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 5mg

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