Best Baked Beans

These beans are truly the most fantastic baked beans we have ever had. I can't even begin to describe them. I even had them for lunch as a main dish. We used leftover smoked pulled pork, but you can substitute 1/2 pound crumbled cooked sausage if you don't have any on hand.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 464 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1 serving Nonstick cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
• 2 (28 ounce) cans baked beans (such as Bush's®)
• 1 pound small romaine heart leaves
• ½ cup barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's® Sweet 'n Spicy)
• 1 tablespoon barbeque rub

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9x11-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Step 2

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels.

Step 3

Saute onion and bell pepper in the bacon grease over medium-high heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add baked beans, apple pie filling, pulled pork, barbeque sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire, mustard, barbeque rub, and cayenne. Pour into the prepared dish.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and hot, about 1 hour.