Cowboy Baked Beans
These Cowboy Baked Beans are loaded with ground beef, bacon, baked beans, and barbecue sauce. Make them in the oven or slow cooker for an easy cookout or potluck favorite.
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Servings: 8 serving
Calories: 261kcal
Equipment
- Large oven-safe pot or Dutch oven
- Slow cooker, if using slow cooker method
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 8 ounces bacon chopped
- 1/2 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 medium green bell pepper diced
- 2 28 oz baked beans
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon mustard
Instructions
Oven Mehtod
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Add the ground beef to a large oven-safe pot and cook until browned. Remove the beef and drain any excess grease.
- Add the chopped bacon to the pot and cook until crisp. Remove the bacon, leaving the rendered bacon fat in the pot.
- Add the diced onion and green bell pepper. Cook until softened and fragrant.
- Return the ground beef to the pot. Add the baked beans, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and mustard, then stir until combined.
- Stir in the bacon, or reserve some or all of it for serving if you prefer a crispier texture.
- Bring the beans to a simmer, cover the pot, and transfer it to the oven.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven, allow the beans to cool slightly, and top with any reserved crispy bacon before serving.
Slow Cooker Method
- Brown the ground beef on the stovetop and drain any excess grease.
- For the best texture, cook the chopped bacon separately until crisp and set it aside.
- Add the ground beef, baked beans, onion, green bell pepper, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and mustard to the slow cooker. Stir until combined.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6 hours.
- Stir the beans, then add the crispy bacon just before serving.
Notes
- Lean ground beef helps keep the beans from becoming overly greasy.
- Use a baked bean flavor and barbecue sauce you already enjoy because both contribute heavily to the finished flavor.
- For the oven version, the bacon can be baked with the beans or reserved until serving for more crunch.
- For the slow cooker version, cooking the bacon separately and adding it at the end gives the best texture.
- Allow the beans to cool slightly before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 454mg | Potassium: 345mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 108IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 2mg
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