Smoked Baked Beans with Bacon
Make your dinner even better with the ultimate side dish: Smoked Baked Beans With Bacon. Canned beans are kicked up a notch with a thick, bubbly brown sugar sauce and then topped with crisp, smoky bacon.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 359kcal
Equipment
- Pellet grill
- Large cast iron skillet or disposable aluminum pan
- Large spoon for mixing
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon cut in 1½-inch pieces
- ¾ cup red onion diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
- 3 cans pork and beans 14 oz cans
- 1 can black beans 14 oz can, rinsed and drained
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Place a large cast iron skillet on the smoker grate. Heat the smoker to 350℉. Add chopped bacon to the pan, and cook it until it just starts to get crisp. Remove the bacon to a plate lined with a paper towel.
- Add diced onion and jalapeno pepper to the cast iron skillet and cook directly in the bacon grease for 4-5 minutes, until the onion begins to get translucent. Turn the smoker down to 225℉.
- Add the pork and beans, black beans, brown sugar, maple syrup, yellow mustard, and BBQ sauce to the cast iron pan. Give everything a good stir to mix it up really well. Place the bacon pieces on top of the bean mixture.
- Close the lid of the smoker and smoke the beans for 1-2 hours. The longer they smoke, the stronger the flavor will be. I prefer them to smoke for about 2 hours for the best flavor. The bacon should be nice and crispy on top.
- Using oven mitts, remove the smoked beans from the pellet grill. Mix everything together really well, and serve with your favorite main dishes.
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Notes
- Do not overcook the bacon. Cook it just until the edges start to crisp up. It will finish cooking on top of the bean mixture while it smokes.
- This makes a large batch, enough for 12 servings. To feed a smaller group, divide the ingredients in half.
- Cook the beans at the same temperature as any meat that you may be smoking; both 225℉ and 250℉ will work for this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 359kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 946mg | Potassium: 766mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 4mg
