Baked Beans

📜 Collection: Unknown Nine | ✍️ Attribution: Cheri | 📂 Category: Sides A classic homestyle baked beans recipe featuring pork and beans sweetened with brown sugar and ketchup, topped with crispy bacon. This hearty side dish bakes slowly until rich, thick, and bubbling.


Prep TimeCook TimeInactive / Chill TimeYield / Servings
15 mins2 hoursNone8 servings

🔪 Key Equipment

  • 3 qt. baking dish
  • Mixing bowl
  • Skillet

Ingredients

MeasurementsIngredientsPrep / Notes
3 - 28 oz.Pork and Beanscanned
1 tsp.Minced Onionminced
1 tsp.Spicy Brown MustardNone
1 c.Brown Sugarpacked
3/4 c. + 1 Tbsp.KetchupNone
5 slicesBaconcrispy cooked and crumbled

Instructions

Preparation and Baking

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine 3 - 28 oz. cans of pork and beans, 1 tsp. minced onion, 1 tsp. spicy brown mustard, 1 c. packed brown sugar, 3/4 c. + 1 Tbsp. ketchup, and 5 slices of crispy cooked bacon - crumbled.
  3. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and place the mixture into a 3 qt. baking dish.
  4. Bake at 300° for 2 hr. until hot, bubbling, and thickened to your liking.

💡 Make-Ahead & Storage: Assemble the bean mixture in the baking dish a day ahead, cover, and refrigerate until ready to bake; top with freshly crumbled bacon before cooking.


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