Loaded Baked Beans Recipes

LOADED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cook bacon in large nonstick skillet until crisp. Remove bacon to paper towel. Remove all but 3 tablespoons bacon fat. Add onion and pepper and cook 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add beans, BBQ sauce, and half the bacon and bring to a boil.
• Transfer beans to 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 20 minutes or until bubbling.
• Remove foil and top with cheese and reserved bacon. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Sprinkle with green onion.

BAKED BEANS WITH BEEF

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and onion. Cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Set aside.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble into small pieces.
• Transfer beef-onion mixture and bacon to the slow cooker. Add all the beans, sugar, mustard, and soy sauce. Cook on Medium until flavors meld, about 4 hours.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, bring beans, salt and 2 qt. water to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans and discard liquid. Return beans to pan. Cover with remaining water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender. Drain, reserving liquid. In a greased 2-1/2 qt. baking dish, combine beans, 1 cup liquid, onion, molasses, bacon, brown sugar, mustard and pepper. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until beans are as thick as desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Add more of the reserved cooking liquid if needed.

HEARTY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef, bacon and onion until beef is browned; drain.
• In slow cooker, mix beef mixture and all remaining ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 hours.

LOADED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Move the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, add browned and drained ground beef, all four cans of beans, onion, bell pepper, 1 cup of brown sugar, ketchup, mustard and Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix until combined.
• Lay out bacon on a parchment-lined rimmed sheet pan.
• Mix ½ cup of brown sugar with ½ teaspoon of pepper and sprinkle all over the bacon.
• Bake the bacon until it is just cooked and just starting to get crispy about 15 minutes.
• Remove the bacon from the oven.
• Put the baked bean mixture into a large oven-proof skillet or 9x13 baking dish.
• Top the baked beans with the bacon slices.
• Bake for up to 2 hours. The length of baking time depends on how you like your beans. If you want a thicker, stickier bean, leave it in 2 or more hours. If you like saucier beans, then cook for 1 ½ hour.
• Remove the beans from the oven and serve with chopped parsley (optional).
• To make these in your slow cooker, pour the bean mixture into your slow cooker and top with the cooked bacon. Cook on low for 3-4 hours or high for 2-3 hours.

COWBOY BAKED BEANS RECIPE

Steps:

• Brown meat and saute onion together on medium high heat in a frying pan.
• After the ground beef is cooked through, drain the grease well.
• In another pan cook bacon and crumble into small pieces and add to the meat and onion mixture.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients into the large pan and simmer for 10 minutes.