Bacon-Laden Million Dollar Baked Beans
Sweet and sticky, these baked beans are a delicious accompaniment to a family barbecue.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Yield: 8-10 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 – 28 ounce cans of small pea baked beans (I use B&M Original Baked Beans)
- 1 pound thick-sliced bacon
- 2 yellow onions, peeled and chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely minced or grated
- 1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Drain the canned baked beans thoroughly, in a strainer, and set aside.
- Reserve 3 slices of bacon for garnish.
- Cut the rest of the bacon into bite-size pieces.
- Add sliced bacon and bacon pieces to large skillet.
- Cook over medium heat until crisp.
- Remove bacon from skillet and set aside to drain on paper towels.
- Pour off all but about 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat from the skillet and discard.
- Return skillet to stovetop, add onions and saute’ over medium heat until onions are translucent and slightly browned around the edges.
- Add garlic and saute’ for a few minutes more
- Remove onions and garlic from heat and set aside.
- In a large oven-proof casserole dish, combine drained beans, cooked bacon bits, onions with garlic, brown sugar, ketchup and mustard; mix thoroughly.
- Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Garnish with the reserved 3 slices of cooked bacon and serve.
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