Bourbon Baked Beans

Delicious bourbon baked beans are easy to prep, with bacon, brown sugar, bourbon, Dr Pepper, and baked beans with pork for a popular party side dish.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr 55 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 306 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 8 slices bacon
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 (16 ounce) cans baked beans with pork
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon ground paprika
• 1 (12 fl oz) can caffeinated pepper-type soda (such as Dr Pepper®)
• 0.25 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 0.75 cup ketchup
• 0.25 cup bourbon

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Mix brown sugar, paprika, mustard, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk in pepper soda, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce until brown sugar is dissolved.

Step 3

Cut 4 slices of bacon into small strips. Cook and stir in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until almost crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, reserving bacon grease.

Step 4

Stir onion into the bacon grease in the Dutch oven; cook and stir until soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in bourbon, stirring to scrape up browned bits off the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon strips back in.

Step 5

Pour brown sugar mixture and baked beans into the Dutch oven. Simmer until beans are heated through, about 15 minutes. Arrange remaining 4 slices of bacon on top of the beans.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven, covered, until beans are bubbly and sauce is syrupy, about 2½ to 3 hours.