Easy Baked Beans Recipe

Baked Beans

Baked beans smothered in a sweet bacon sauce.

 CourseSide Dish

 CuisineAmerican

 Keywordbaked beans recipe, baked beans with bacon, easy baked bean recipe

 Prep Time20 minutes

 Cook Time1 hour

 Total Time1 hour 20 minutes

 Servings8 cups

 AuthorRon Unz

Equipment

• Dutch Oven

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. chopped bacon
• 1.5 cups white or yellow onion chopped
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1.5 cups ketchup
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. yellow mustard
• 1 tbsp. chili powder
• 4 cans of navy beans drained and rinsed

Instructions

• Using a dutch oven or your heaviest pan, cooking the bacon over medium heat until the bacon is almost crispy
• Remove the bacon from the pan and remove all but about two tables spoons of the bacon grease.
• Add the onions to the dutch oven and add the salt. Saute the onions over medium-low heat until translucent.
• Add the garlic to the onions and sauté for about another minute. Do not let the garlic brown.
• Add the ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and chili powder to the Dutch oven.
• Stir the mixture up very well to distribute the brown sugar.
• Add the navy beans to the Dutch oven and mix.
• Place Dutch oven over very low heat. You want a bare simmer. Simmer for a minimum of an hour and your beans are complete.

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