Nothing beats baked beans at a bbq but who has time to make them from scratch? This easy recipe was the best at making canned beans amazing! Tangy, sweet, smoky and spicy all in less than 20 minutes—
Make Your Canned Baked Beans Better
Making canned baked beans even better is a simple way to add tons of sweet and smoky flavor into everyone’s favorite BBQ side dish. Using just a few extra ingredients, including bacon and liquid smoke, this easy comfort side dish is elevated to drool-worthy levels!
Equipment
- 1 Baking Dish We use a crock pot
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 28 ounce Can Baked Beans I liked Bush's Baked Beans, but any will do
- 6 Strips of Bacon
- 1/2 cup Ketchup
- 1/4 cup Yellow Mustard
- 2 Tablespoons Liquid Smoke
- 1 Tablespoon Minced onion
- 2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Sriracha Sauce optional- if you don't like spicy omit this---
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to325°
- Microwave the bacon on high for 5 minutes. The bacon should be softened, but not completely crisped up.
- Chop the bacon into small pieces.
- Stir all of the ingredients together.
- Place into a baking dish, and bake for 1 hour until thickened, hot and bubbly.
Notes
This recipe makes 26 1 cup servings, -- If its just my family of 4 I use only 1 can of baked beans but if we are serving a BBQ do 2 because people keep coming back for more and more.
