The Best Baked Beans
This recipe is inspired by my friend’s mom’s baked beans. She lives in New Orleans and her name is Rocky and she makes the best beans ever and I am and forever will be OBSESSED with them. I never got her coveted recipe, so throughout the years with plenty of misses, I have picked and prodded many recipes and this is my final product. I think it is pretty comparable!
These beans are pretty easy to make and will be everyone’s favorite side dish at the cookout/BBQ that would be great paired with my Deviled Egg Pasta Salad and coleslaw!
BBQ Sauce that I’ve used in this recipe: Sweet Baby Rays*,
Beans that I use in this recipe: Bush’s Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans*
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THE BEST Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 lb of bacon, sliced into slivers
- 1 lb ground beef (I like 80-85% lean)
- 1 large white onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup BBQ Sauce
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 44 oz baked beans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Cook the bacon in a large pan over medium heat. Once the bacon is cooked and crispy, transfer the bacon to a plate with some paper towel on it to soak up any excess grease. Set bacon aside until step 6.
- Remove a majority of the bacon grease from pan- all but about 2 tablespoons.
- Add the onions to the bacon grease and cook until transparent.
- Add the beef, salt, and pepper to the hot pan and cook until crumbly stirring occasionally.
- Add the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar and mix until well combined. Add in the beans and bringing everything to a simmer, stirring frequently.
- Transfer the beans to a 9x13 pyrex dish and bake in the oven at 350°F for about 50 minutes. After 50 minutes, take the beans out of the oven and sprinkle the bacon on top and put the beans back in the oven for another 10 minutes to get the bacon nice and crispy on top. Let cool for about 10 minutes before eating.
