What To Serve With BBQ Ribs: Baked Beans (+More Great Sides!)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 4 strips hickory smoked bacon
• ½ cup brown sugar

  (light or dark)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ tablespoon liquid smoke

  (Wright's hickory)
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 56 oz Bush's Baked Beans

  (original flavor - 2 28 ounce cans)
• green pepper

  (optional, diced and sauteed)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 400°F (205°C) and set out a large casserole dish.
• 2 In a large skillet over medium high heat, add the ground beef and allow it to
  cook until browned. Break the ground beef up while cooking. *If you want to add
  onion or green peppers, cook with the ground beef.
• 3 Once the hamburger is browned and the grease has been drained, add the brown
  sugar, Worcestershire sauce, Wright's hickory liquid smoke, and season with
  ground black pepper. Stir well to combine. *You can use either light brown sugar
  or dark brown sugar, if you have dark brown sugar on hand it will add a deeper
  flavor from the higher molasses content.
• 4 Open your cans of Bush's Original Recipe Baked Beans and drain off the liquid
  that is settled at the top of the can. Add the beans to the ground beef mixture,
  stir just enough to mix well then transfer into your casserole dish.
• 5 Cut your bacon into ½ wide strips and place cut bacon onto baked beans, or use
  kitchen shears and cut the strips directly onto the beans in the casserole dish.
• 6 Bake uncovered at 400°F (205°C) for 30 minutes. If you want extra crispy bacon,
  broil for 5 minutes after baking.
• 7 To make your baked beans in the slow cooker, cook up the ground beef as directed
  above and drain off the excess grease. Cook your bacon over medium heat until
  crispy, about 5 minutes.
• 8 Combine the ground beef, cooked bacon, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, liquid
  smoke, and ground black pepper. Stir to combine.
• 9 Add the beans to the ground beef mixture, stir just enough to mix well then
  transfer into your crock pot.
• 10 Place the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low setting for 4 -5 hours, or on
  high for 2 -3 hours.

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