Sweet and Smoky Baked Beans

Name: Sweet and Smoky Baked Beans
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 large onion, finely chopped; 3 cans (15.5 ounces each) cooked navy or great Northern beans; 6 ounces bacon, cut crosswise into ¼-inch slices; 3 tablespoons Basic Barbecue Sauce or your favorite commercial brand or ketchup; 3 tablespoons maple syrup; 1½ tablespoons dry mustard; 1½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 3 tablespoons molasses; 3 tablespoons brown sugar; 1½ tablespoons cider vinegar; 2 to 3 jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced (optional); Coarse salt and black pepper; ½ teaspoon liquid smoke

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

6 ounces bacon, cut crosswise into ¼-inch slices
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cans

Americas
United States
Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Place the bacon and onion in a large nonreactive saucepan over medium heat and cook until the bacon fat renders and the onion is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Pour off any excess fat.
Stir in the beans, brown sugar, molasses, maple syrup, barbecue sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and liquid smoke. Gently simmer the beans until thick and richly fl