Kicked Up Bacon Pork and Beans

I love beans, especially baked beans. I wanted to take my favorite barbeque baked beans and put a new spin on them. You guessed it, add more bacon.

Yes...these beans are not only smokey, they have super bacon characteristics.

This dish goes together in a matter of minutes with the addition of canned baked beans, pre cooked bacon and prepared barbeque sauce.

Step 1, Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Chop up half a red and green bell pepper, celery, green onion and garlic.

In a pan over medium heat, add olive oil, precooked bacon, all the vegetables, except the garlic, and saute 5 minutes.

Add garlic and seasonings and saute 1 minute more.

Step 2, transfer mixture to a greased casserole dish. 

Step 3: Pour prepared barbeque sauce over beans and mix well. Cover beans with foil and bake for 25 minutes.

Step 4: Remove foil, turn oven to broil, and broil beans for 5 minutes more.

The beans are piping hot and ready to serve.

Serve beans over hot rice and enjoy!

Kicked Up Bacon Pork and Beans

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:

2 (15 ounce) cans of VanCamp’s pork & beans

6 slices precooked bacon, diced

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon of creole seasoning or seasoning salt

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

3 cloves garlic, chopped

½ red bell pepper, diced

½ red green pepper, diced

1 stalk celery, diced

2 green onion, diced

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 cup prepared barbeque sauce

Cooked hot rice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Dice vegetables and set aside. In a skillet add olive oil over medium heat, add all the vegetables, except garlic. 

Add precooked bacon and sauté for 5 minutes, add garlic and sauté 1 minute more.

Add all the seasonings and mix well. Toss in pork & beans and mix well.  

Transfer mixture to a greased casserole dish.  Pour prepared barbeque sauce over beans and mix well.

Cover casserole dish with foil. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes, remove foil and broil for 5 more minutes. 

Serve over hot rice and enjoy.