Crock Pot Baked Beans

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A serving spoon lifting Baked Beans out of a Crock Pot.

These Crock Pot Baked Beans are a slow cooker side dish loaded with crispy bacon, BBQ sauce, and brown sugar. Nine ingredients, 20 minutes of prep, and your slow cooker turns canned white beans into the best cookout side you will ever make.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword baked beans recipe, baked beans with bacon, bbq baked beans, crock pot baked beans, crock pot beans, crockpot baked beans, crockpot beans, easy baked beans, slow cooker baked beans

Prep Time 20

Slow Cooker Times 7

Total Time 7 20

Servings

Calories 175kcal

Author Maike Corbett

Equipment

Slow Cooker

Ingredients

8 ounces bacon diced
½ medium yellow onion diced
4 15-ounce cans white beans drained and rinsed
1 cup BBQ sauce
¾ cup ketchup
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Instructions

Render the bacon. Add the diced bacon to a cold skillet. Turn the heat to medium and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is browned and crispy. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the cooked bacon to the slow cooker, leaving the grease behind in the skillet.
Cook the onions. Add the diced onion to the bacon grease in the skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent. Drain off any excess grease, then transfer the onions to the slow cooker with the bacon.
Build the sauce. In a medium bowl, whisk together the BBQ sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, yellow mustard, garlic powder, and smoked paprika until smooth and fully combined.
Combine everything. Add the drained and rinsed white beans to the slow cooker. Pour the sauce mixture over the bacon, onions, and beans. Stir gently until everything is evenly coated.
bCover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours. The beans are done when they are tender and the sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Notes

Slow Cooker Times

ON LOW - 7 to 8 hours
ON HIGH - 3 to 4 hours

Drain and rinse the canned beans thoroughly before adding them to the slow cooker. Skipping this step leaves behind excess sodium and starchy canning liquid that dilutes the sauce and adds a tinny, metallic flavor to the finished beans.

Use a regular BBQ sauce for this recipe, not honey BBQ or brown sugar varieties. You are adding brown sugar separately, so starting with a sweetened sauce will make the finished beans overly sweet.

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