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Ultimate Barbecue Baked Beans

It's easy to make really good barbecue baked beans from canned beans.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American, BBQ
Servings 8 servings
Calories 338 kcal

Equipment

  • Dutch oven

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb bacon (chopped)
  • 1 yellow onion (chopped)
  • 3 cans Great Northern beans (16 oz each), drained and rinsed
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • ¼ cup dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • ½ cup barbecue sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
  • Fry the chopped bacon in a dutch oven over medium heat until it has rendered some fat (about 4 mins). Add the onion and sauté until tender (about 5 mins). Add the beans, tomato paste, brown sugar, molasses, barbecue sauce, cayenne, salt and pepper. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Cover the beans and bake until the sauce thickens (about two hours). Stir every 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for five minutes to thicken.
  • Stir well and serve.

Notes

Bake the beans in an oven rather than on a cooktop.  The beans have a sugar in them that will burn if heated on a traditional range.  The oven provides heat from all directions which helps minimized burning the beans.
 
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Nutrition

Serving: 8ozCalories: 338kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 8gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 1211mgPotassium: 430mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 215IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
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