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Best Baked Beans

Enhanced Baked Beans Recipe
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 5 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

The Basic Ingredient
  • 2 Cans Bush’s Baked Beans 16.5 oz cans
The Sauce
  • 4 Oz Ketchup
  • 4 Oz BBQ Sauce not too sweet
  • 2 Oz Yellow Mustard
  • 1 Oz Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Molasses
  • 2 Tsp Liquid Smoke
The Meats
  • 1 Lb Ground Beef 85% lean
  • 1 Lb Thick slice Hardwood Smoked Bacon

Equipment

  • 1 Frying pan/skillet
  • 1 paper plate
  • 1 paper towel
  • 1 One quart mixing bowl
  • 1 2 1/2 to 3 quart oven safe pan with lid
  • 1 Freezer

Method
 

Prepare the bacon
  1. Fry the bacon until crispy
  2. Place a paper towel on a paper plate
  3. Place the strips of cooked bacon on the paper towel
  4. Place the paper plate in your freezer
Prepare the ground beef
  1. Brown the ground beef
  2. Discard the grease
  3. Place the browned beef in a 2 1/2 or 3 qt pan
Prepare the sauce
  1. In a 1 quart or larger bowl combine the ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and molasses. Stir until it is one consistent color
Make the bacon into pieces
  1. Remove the bacon from the freezer and break it (or chop it) into postage size pieces
Combine the ingredients
  1. Add the bacon pieces and the sauce mixture to the pan containing the ground beef
In the Oven
  1. Cover the pan containing the beans, meats, and sauce and heat in the oven at 350° for 30 minutes
Finish and Serve
  1. Remove the beans from oven, stir in the liquid smoke
  2. Let the beans rest for 5 minutes then serve.
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