Beefed-Up Baked Beans and Bacon

These sweet and smoky baked beans include several types of beans and with the addition of ground beef and bacon, they've gone from side dish to main dish!

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 464 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pork and beans
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 6 slices bacon, or more to taste
• 3 cloves garlic, or more to taste, diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can light red kidney beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can butter beans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until crispy, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cool enough to handle.

Step 2

Cook onion in the bacon grease over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture (including bacon grease) to a slow cooker.

Step 3

Cook and stir ground beef in the same skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker.

Step 4

Add pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke to the slow cooker.

Step 5

Cook on Low for 4 hours. Serve with crumbled bacon on top.