American · Side · Easy
BBQ Baked Beans
Smoky baked beans with bacon, brown sugar, and barbecue sauce, slow baked until thick and bubbly. The side dish that steals the show.
The whole recipe in 60 seconds
BBQ Baked Beans, in 5 ideas
- Starting with canned baked beans is the smart shortcut. Doctor them up instead of starting from dried.
- The molasses adds a deep flavor that brown sugar alone cannot match.
- Baking uncovered thickens the sauce. Covering just steams them.
- These are even better the next day when the flavors meld.
- A cast iron skillet goes from stovetop to oven with no extra dishes.
What you need
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cans (28 oz each) baked beans
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
How to make it
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350F.
- Cook the bacon in an oven safe skillet or Dutch oven until crisp. Remove half for topping.
- Add the onion to the bacon fat and cook 5 minutes until soft.
- Stir in the beans, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and paprika.
- Top with the reserved bacon.
- Bake uncovered 1 hour until thick and bubbly around the edges.
Make them in the smoker alongside your ribs or brisket at 250F for 2 hours. They pick up incredible smoky flavor with zero extra effort.