The Ultimate Easy BBQ Baked Beans: These easy baked beans are so flavorful and delicious, not to mention easy to make. They are the ultimate side dish, and an excellent addition to summer barbecues and parties. These BBQ baked beans are a family favorite.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Course: Side
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bbq, easy baked beans
Servings: 12
Calories: 349kcal
Author: Rachael Yerkes
Ingredients
1Tbsolive oil
1small yellow onionfinely chopped
1poundhot Italian sausage
1red bell peppercored, seeded, and finely chopped
1yellow bell peppercored, seeded, and finely chopped
1can pork and beans16 ounces
1can Bush's Original Baked Beans24 ounces
1cupbarbecue sauce
½cupketchup
1Tbswhole grain or dijon mustard
2Tbsspicy brown mustard
2TbsWorcestershire sauce
1Tbssoy sauce
1tspchili powder
2Tbsmolasses
4Tbsbrown sugar
8slicesbaconcooked until crispy
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
In a large heavy bottom Dutch Ovenadd 1 Tbs olive oil, and the onions, after 3-5 minutes add in Italian sausage.
Brown the Italian sausage, and when half done, add in the bell peppers.
Cook until sausage is fully browned, and veggies are soft.
Drain meat mixture.
Add the beans, barbecue sauce, ketchup, mustard, other mustard, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, chili powder, molasses and brown sugar to the sausage and onions and peppers.
Simmer mixture for 5 minutes.
Pour mixture into a baking dish.
Cook bacon until nice and crispy.
Sprinkle the bacon pieces over the top of the bean mixture.
Cover and cook for 40-45 minutes.
After 45 minutes, remove the foil and continue to bake for an additional 10 minutes.