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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!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

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.