Baked beans are an excellent go-to side dish for summer meals. This recipe uses canned beans and then adds a mix of ingredients for a deep and complex flavour.
Prep time: 10 min • Cook time: 1 hour 15 min • Total time: 1 hour 25 min
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small sweet onion, finely diced
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 pound Italian sausage (hot or mild), chopped
- 1 16-ounce can pork and beans
- 1 24-ounce can Bush’s Original Baked Beans
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
- 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and onions; cook for 3-5 minutes then add the Italian sausage.
- Cook until the sausage is almost cooked through, add in the bell peppers. Cook until sausage is fully browned, and onions and peppers are soft.
- Drain off any excess liquid. Add the beans, barbecue sauce, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, chili powder, molasses, and brown sugar to the sausage mixture. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pour mixture into the baking dish. Sprinkle the cooked bacon over the top of the bean mixture.
- Cover baking dish with foil wrap and cook for 40-45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, remove the foil; cook for another 10 minutes. Let cool for about 7 minutes before serving.
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