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Favorite Baked Beans
Favorite Baked Beans with Bacon! These are the baked beans that EVERYONE loves! Loaded with a sweet, brown sugar sauce and seasoned with black pepper bacon. These beans are the perfect side for all your BBQs
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs 20 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 10
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 lb dried navy beans OR 4 (15 oz cans) navy beans
- ½ lb Bacon peppered
- ½ cup yellow onion diced
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp molasses
- ¼ cup BBQ sauce
- 1 tsp dried mustard
- 1 tsp salt (only use ½ tsp if using canned beans)
- ½ tsp coarse black pepper
Instructions
Using Dried Beans
- Sort the dried beans ensuring no rocks and add to a large bowl. Cover with water and let soak overnight.
- Drain the beans, rinse and add to a large pot. Cover with water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Let the beans cook for an hour.
- Strain the beans but reserve the cooking liquid and add 1 cup of the liquid back into the beans.
- Preheat oven to 300℉.
- In a large skillet cook the bacon over medium heat until some grease renders out. Don't cook the bacon until crispy.
- Remove the bacon from the skillet, add the diced onion and saute in the bacon grease until softened and translucent.
- In the same large skillet, add the beans with liquid, and the ingredients for the sauce. Stir until combined.
- Pour the beans and sauce into a 3 qt baking dish. Chop the pre-cooked baocn and spread on top of the beans. Cover with foil and bake for 2 hours.
- Remove the foil and continue baking for 30-45 minutes until the bacon is crispy and sauce is thickened.
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Using Canned Beans
- Skip steps 1-4 above.
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- When adding the beans to the skillet after sauteing the onion, keep the liquid in the beans from the cans. Use half the amount of salt when making the sauce.
- Bake at 350℉ for 1 hour. Remove the foil and continue baking for 30 minutes until bacon on top is crispy and sauce is thickened.
Notes
- Storage:
- Leftovers: store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Freezer: can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months. Allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator and reheat on stovetop or in the oven when ready to serve.
Nutrition Information
Calories
318kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
45g
(15%)
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
15mg
(5%)
Sodium
463mg
(19%)
Potassium
684mg
(20%)
Fiber
11g
(44%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Vitamin A
24IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
89mg
(9%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 318kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 463mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 684mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 11g | 44% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 24IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 89mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.