Four-Bean Baked Beans

4.50 (63)
⏱ 120 mins 🍽 Serves 16 🌶 american 🏷 Side dish

This hearty American side dish combines four distinct bean varieties, including pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, and lima beans. They are baked together with crispy bacon pieces in a rich, savoury sauce made from brown sugar, molasses, ketchup, and vinegar. The result is a sweet and smoky baked bean casserole ideal for serving at picnics, barbecues, or family dinners. It requires about 2 hours to prepare and bake, yielding a generous quantity for a crowd.

Four-Bean Baked Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) can pork and beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can butter beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans, drained
  • 0.5 pound bacon, cut into small pieces
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 0.75 cup brown sugar
  • 0.5 cup ketchup
  • 0.5 cup vinegar
  • 0.25 cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard

Method

  1. Set your oven to heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Place the drained pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, and lima beans into a 2-quart casserole dish.
  3. Warm a saucepan and add the bacon pieces, chopped onion, and garlic. Cook while stirring for about 10 minutes until the bacon is browned, then drain off any extra grease.
  4. Mix in the brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, molasses, and dry mustard with the bacon. Let this sauce simmer for approximately 20 minutes until fully cooked, then pour it over the beans and stir everything together.
  5. Bake the bean mixture in your preheated oven for 1 hour 15 minutes until it is hot and bubbling.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories171 kcal
Fat3 g
Sugars14 g
Protein8 g
Sodium526 mg

Recipe details

CategorySide dish
Cuisineamerican
AuthorscubaLQ