Heather's BBQ Baked Beans

Brooke the Cook in WI's Note:

I've brought this variation of baked beans to many BBQ's, even has made an appearance at Easter dinner - its one of those recipes that people say 'oh would you bring those baked beans again please.' I always make them in the crock-pot, but have included instructions for oven too. Leftovers re-heat very well.

• Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• ½ lb ground beef
• 5 slices bacon , diced
• ½ medium onion , diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can baby butter beans , drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans , drained
• 1 (28 ounce) canmaple flavoredbaked beans or 1 (28 ounce) can maple flavored pork and beans , undrained
• 1 (16 ounce) canbaked beans or 1 (16 ounce) can pork and beans , undrained
• 1⁄3; cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup Splenda granular or ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ cup ketchup
• ¼ cup barbecue sauce (hickory or honey flavored)
• 2 tablespoons dark molasses
• 2 tablespoons mustard (I use honey mustard if I've got it)
• ½ teaspoon chili powder

Directions:

1. Brown beef, onion and bacon over medium high heat.
2. Meanwhile, add all beans to crock-pot.
3. Add beef mixture to beans and stir.
4. Combine remaining ingredients with a whisk and stir into bean mixture.
5. Turn crock-pot to low for at least 4 hours - I have made them farther in advance, they'll get thicker as time goes on.
6. Oven directions: If you'd like to bake them in the oven, pour bean mixture into large dutch oven and bake at 350 for an hour.

Reviews

[2Bleu]

Great baked beans recipe. We loved the use of ground beef, which made it similar to a chili, but with the sweetness of baked beans. Thanks for sharing the recipe. :)

[Sydney Mike]

Absolutely great tasting baked beans! Pretty much followed your recipe, but did make one slight change & added a procedure ~ I substituted bacon bits for the slices of bacon & I also rinsed both the butter & the kidney beans before adding them to the mix! Definitely a winner of a recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

[Rita~]

Skipped the bacon and 1/4 cup sugar. Drained and rinsed the butter beans and black eyed peas (replacing the kidney beans)to remove excess sodium. This is sweet and rich. Recipe #368461 was used for the BBQ sauce. Made for ZWT6 Thanks.