The Best Baked Beans Ever
Ree's friend Pam Anderson's baked beans recipe will blow your mind. The beans are topped with bacon and baked until the bacon is crisp and the beans are bubbly.
Ingredients
- 8slices bacon, halved
- 1 mediumonion, chopped
- ½ mediumgreen pepper, chopped
- 3cans pork and beans
- ¾ c.barbecue sauce
- ½ c.brown sugar
- ¼ c.distilled or cider vinegar
- 2 tsp.dry mustard or 2 tbsp. dijon mustard
Directions
- 1
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325°F.
- 2
Fry the bacon in large, deep sauté pan until the bacon has partially cooked and released about 1/4 cup of drippings. Remove the bacon from the pan and drain on paper towels.
- 3
Add the onion and pepper to drippings in the pan and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
- 4
Add the beans and remaining ingredients to the pan; bring to a simmer. (If the pan is not large enough, add the beans and heat to a simmer then transfer to a large bowl and stir in the remaining ingredients).
- 5
Pour the flavored beans into a greased 13-by-9-inch (or similar size) ovenproof pan. Top with bacon, then bake until the beans are bubbly and the sauce is the consistency of pancake syrup, about 2 hours. Let stand to thicken slightly and serve.