Texas-Style Baked Beans

Texas-style baked beans made with bacon, brown sugar, beer, barbecue sauce, and jalapeño peppers are perfect for your next backyard cookout.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 548 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• cracked black pepper to taste
• 1 pound bacon, diced
• 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
• 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
• 1 medium red onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon butter, or as needed
• 1 cup beer, or more to taste
• 6 cups cooked pinto beans
• 0.25 cup molasses
• 3 medium jalapeno peppers, minced, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and browned, about 45 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté onion and garlic in hot oil until onion begins to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Add bacon, bell pepper, and jalapeños; cook and stir until bacon is browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

Step 4

Stir beer, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and molasses together in a large bowl. Stir in pinto beans, bacon-onion mixture, garlic salt, and pepper. Pour bean mixture into the prepared baking dish.