Pork

Million Dollar Baked Beans

These million dollar baked beans truly take baked beans up a few notches. Canned baked beans are amped up with bacon, sausage, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard. You'll never eat them plain again!

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 10 ounces thick cut bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 8 ounces bulk ground pork
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped bell pepper
  • 2 (28-ounce) cans baked beans
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoons cider vinegar

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  3. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes.
  4. Remove bacon from pan, draining all but two tablespoons of bacon fat from the skillet.
  5. Add ground pork, onion, and bell pepper to the skillet with the reserved bacon fat. Cook over medium heat until meat is browned and cooked through, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes.
  6. Stir together baked beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar in a large bowl .
  7. Add sausage mixture and 1/2 cup of the bacon to the bowl. Stir to combine.
  8. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
  9. Sprinkle with remaining bacon.
  10. Bake until bubbling and top is caramelized, 55 to 60 minutes.