Description
Dad's BBQ beans — crispy bacon crumbled back into baked beans and blue runner creole red beans sautéed with onion in bacon grease, enriched with BBQ sauce, brown sugar, and molasses and cooked on low for 15–20 minutes. The kind of beans that belong at every cookout and pulled pork dinner.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Fry bacon until crispy and set aside. When cool, crumble.
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Pour off all but 2 Tbsp. of bacon grease from the pan.
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Sauté diced onion in the remaining bacon grease until softened.
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Drain baked beans and add to the onions. Stir to combine.
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Add red beans, brown sugar, molasses, salt, pepper, and BBQ sauce. Stir well.
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Sprinkle in bacon crumbles.
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Cook on low for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 220kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 6g10%
- Saturated Fat 2g10%
- Cholesterol 12mg4%
- Sodium 620mg26%
- Total Carbohydrate 34g12%
- Dietary Fiber 6g24%
- Sugars 14g
- Protein 8g16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Any good BBQ sauce works, but dad's preference is Masterpiece or Bullseye for their balance of sweet and smoky.
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