Spicy Baked Beans

⏱ 65 mins 🍽 16-20 serving(s) 🏷 Pork

This robust baked bean dish is based on a competition-winning recipe. It combines pork sausage with a medley of canned beans in a sweet and tangy sauce flavoured with barbecue sauce, brown sugar, mustard, and spices. The mixture is baked until thick and bubbling, creating a substantial side perfect for gatherings. The recipe yields a generous amount, suitable for a crowd.

Spicy Baked Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 lb jimmy dean ground pork sausage
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 (28 ounce) cans bold-and-spicy baked beans
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained or 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans
  • 1 (15 ounce) can light kidney beans or 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained
  • 3 cups bottled barbecue sauce
  • 1/4-1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar (1/2 cup is on the sweet side)
  • 1/4 cup yellow mustard
  • fresh lemon juice, 1 squirt (optional but very good)
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Method

  1. Place the pork sausage in an ovenproof Dutch oven and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until it is crumbled and fully cooked. Drain the fat, keeping two teaspoons of the drippings in the pot. Return the cooked sausage to the Dutch oven.
  2. Add the chopped onion to the sausage and cook together until the onion has softened.
  3. Introduce all the remaining ingredients to the Dutch oven and stir thoroughly to combine everything.
  4. Place the Dutch oven in a preheated oven and bake at 350° for 45 minutes, or until the mixture is bubbly and has thickened to your liking.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1042200 mg

Recipe details

CategoryPork
Authorgailanng