Best-Ever Baked Beans

Time :1 hour 5 minutes
Yield :8 servings

Recipe Background

Why would you ever go for canned baked beans when you could whip up an even more delicious version in your own kitchen? These Best-Ever Baked Beans are based on Boston’s traditional recipe: sweetened with smoky molasses and mixed with the salty fattiness of bacon. Baked beans offer a complex mix of savory and sweet that makes them ideal comfort food, and the Best-Ever Baked Beans takes those tastes to the next level. After all, they’re called the Best-Ever Baked Beans for a reason!
Why would you ever go for canned baked beans when you could whip up an even more delicious version in your own kitchen? These Best-Ever Baked Beans are based on Boston’s traditional recipe: sweetened with smoky molasses and mixed with the salty fattiness of bacon. Baked beans offer a complex mix of savory and sweet that makes them ideal comfort food, and the Best-Ever Baked Beans takes those tastes to the next level. After all, they’re called the Best-Ever Baked Beans for a reason!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 (13.7 ounce) cans beans with tomato sauce
  • 1/2 pound bacon strips cooked and crumbled

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Over medium heat, in a large skillet, cook the beef and onion, until cooked through and no pink remains.
  • Stir in the sugars, ketchup, barbeque sauce, mustard, molasses, and chili powder.
  • Add the beans and cooked bacon.
  • Transfer the mixture to a 13x9-inch baking dish.
  • Cover the dish and bake for 45 minutes. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, uncovered, until heated through.
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