Hey guys! I recently hosted a barbecue and I made some of the best baked beans ever. I’m not just saying this because I made them either! I swear to you that people were raving about these beans ( and my ribs, macaroni salad, and etc). My mother even pulled me aside and asked me what I had put into the beans! When I had told them what I did,  no one believed me. They thought that I was lying. Even my husband said that there was no way in heck that such a delicious pot of baked beans, had such basic ingredients. Remind you, he watched me make it. He swore up and down that I had to put something else in the pot while he wasn’t looking. It was just that good!
Here’s a few tips and adjustment that you can make
- When using the canned baked beans, I suggest using your favorite can of baked beans. I got super lucky and found a generic brand that I loved, so I didn’t have to pay for an expensive brand.
- If you are not of fan of peppers, of course you can leave them out
- I would have used garlic if I had some on hand, however I was out of garlic. If you want to add garlic I suggest adding just 1 1/2 tsp.
- Replace the pork bacon with turkey bacon if you don’t like pork
- Replace the ground beef with ground chicken or ground turkey if you don’t like or eat beef
- You can use white onions instead of yellow if you choose
- After cooking the meat, be sure to drain the fat from the pan!
This pot of beans will feed about 10 people. Most people that taste these beans will want more than 1 serving, so If you have a large crowd I highly suggest you make enough for everyone to have seconds!
Best Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 lb bacon chopped
- 1/2 ground beef
- 1 cup chopped sweet peppers
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 28 oz canned baked beans
- 28 oz can navy beans drained
Instructions
- Start to brown the bacon and ground beef over medium high heat.
- Drain all of the fat from the pot or pan.
- Add in the sweet peppers and onions.
- Stir the ingredients until everything is well combined.
- Add in the dijon mustard, molasses, and ketchup, and stir.
- Add the brown sugar, and stir.
- Now add in the baked beans, along with the broth from the can.
- Next, add the navy bean, but be sure to drain the liquid from the can, it is not needed.
- Stir the ingredients, and reduce the heat down to medium.
- Cover the beans, and cook for 35 to 45 minutes.
- Serve.
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Tried these tonight, they were off the hook, Only change I made was BBQ sauce vs ketchup, added some cider vinegar, and tobacco sauce….had 4 people over for Hamburgers, beans and beer and we all went back for seconds and thirds….thank you. Have you ever tried making these in the crock pot after cooking the bacon and beef? Set on low for four hours, I bet they would be awesome
Thank you very much
When I tell you this is my childhood in a pot, when my family use to have cookouts. Thank you for this my family loves this.
Bless you for making this website along with the videos. In on here more than I’m on Facebook lol. Love you Ms. Rosie!
Just made the baked beans and macaroni salad to go with my wings. Can you say DEELISH!!! Thanks and keep em coming!!!!
I’m glad that you liked the beans Carolyn! 🙂
Rosie … You r the truth… I love all your receipts… Just made the baked beans and they r almost gone. Thanks
Thank you!! Glad you liked the recipe!
My children hate beans but love these I add black eye peas and they went crazy. They asked for more but I only made a small pot guess I have to make more on Sunday. THANK YOU SO Much
What happened to the written recipe?
Hi Jessica. It is now there. Sorry about that.
I will be making this for my moms dinner tomorrow so i will def let you know the comments..Looks good though..I don’t have to use the navy beans if i have another kind already do i?
Navy beans work best.
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Thank you Coretta!
Hi Rosie, plan on making this July 4th with my ribs. Can I make this without the meat or will it mess up the recipe? Thanks Rosie 🙂
You can omit the meat 🙂
Thank you so much Rosie 🙂 I want to also let you that you are truly an inspiration to me. Keep up the good work 🙂 I enjoy all your recipes. Can you please let me know when you will be publishing a book so I may purchase? 🙂
Awee. Thanks so much! I’m working on a book. I will keep everyone posted. 😉
ok thanks 🙂
I made this on the 4th of July and it was a hit. No leftovers! Yeah!!
Delicious! I didn’t use ground beef, but did everything else by the recipe. This is truly the best baked beans recipe I’ve ever tried. Perfect mix of sweet and savory. My family loved it too!
Glad that you liked the recipe!
Made this recipe twice the first time I didn’t even get a spoonful.I just heared about how good it was. This time I’m home alone with just the kids. The best!!!!You’re always a good resource when I want to try something different and new with a banging flavor.
Thanks for trying Lisa!
Would it mess it up to leave out the onion? I prefer onion in it but some of my family doesn’t.
No. If your family doesn’t like onion, leave it out 🙂
These are amazing! Everyone I’ve made them for thinks so. The first time I made them pretty much exactly according to the recipe. Now I like changing them up a little based on what I have on hand. Probably the best baked beans I’ve ever had!
Hello.can this recipe be doubled
Hi Tamika! Yes, this recipe can be doubled 🙂