My Best Baked Beans
These classic baked beans are sweet, smoky, and rich with flavor. Perfect for BBQs, potlucks, and family dinners, they’re easy to make ahead and always disappear fast.
Servings: 6
Calories: 373kcal
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon cut into ½ inch pieces (Not thick bacon)
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp horseradish
- 2 tsps Dijon mustard or yellow mustard
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1- 28 oz. can pinto beans drained
- 1- 15 oz. can red beans drained
- 1- 15 oz. can black beans drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350F degrees and place oven rack one place above the middle position.
- Heat a large skillet to medium and add chopped 4 slices bacon. Cook for about 3 minutes.4 slices bacon
- Add 1 chopped onion and stir together with bacon. Continue to cook on medium heat until bacon is well crisped, but not burnt, stirring occasionally. If necessary, lower heat to medium-low.1 medium yellow onion
- Once bacon is cooked and onions are starting to caramelize, add ¾ cup brown sugar, 8 ounces tomato sauce, 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire, 1 teaspoon horseradish, 2 teaspoons mustard, 1 teaspoon hot sauce, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Stir until brown sugar is well dissolved into other ingredients, about 3 minutes.¾ cup brown sugar, 1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce, 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp horseradish, 2 tsps Dijon mustard, 1 tsp hot sauce, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- In a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish, add drained 28 ounces pinto, 15 ounces red, and 15 ounce black beans (rinse the black beans since they are harder to drain). Stir bacon/onion mixture into the beans.1- 28 oz. can pinto beans, 1- 15 oz. can red beans, 1- 15 oz. can black beans
- Bake 25 minutes. Lower heat to 325F degrees and cook at least another 20 minutes, up to 30. The beans may seem to lose some moisture when they come out of the oven. Just give them a quick stir and they're perfect.
Notes
- I advise against using thick-sliced bacon is the bacon is going to soften back up a bit during baking, no matter how crispy you cooked it on the stove. You don't want thick slabs of soggy bacon in your finished beans.
- If you need a vegan/vegetarian version, feel free to leave out the bacon. They're still fantastic.
Nutrition
Calories: 373kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 1520mg | Potassium: 1037mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 191IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 149mg | Iron: 5mg