Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage

Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage is full of meaty flavor. Smoked sausage and bacon make these sweet and tangy baked beans super hearty.

This baked beans recipe is my very favorite baked bean recipe. What makes it so special is the slices of smoked sausage. If you’re a fan of having meat in your baked beans, you will love this recipe. It’s like Beanie Weenies, only much better.

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Not only is this recipe flavored with bacon, but the slices of smoked sausage, (I used kielbasa), make it feel like a main dish casserole instead of a side.

And you may like it so much that you want to eat it as a main dish. I think that’s perfectly acceptable.  🙂

Just like any delicious baked bean recipe, this recipe has plenty of sweetness. A combination of ketchup, molasses, and light brown sugar provides the sweetness. A little apple cider vinegar, mustard, and Tabasco sauce balances the sweetness.

It cooks in the oven in an uncovered Dutch oven until nice and thick, which really concentrates the flavors.

How To Make

(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)

1. Cook bacon and set aside.
   
2. Cook the onion in the bacon grease until soft.
   
3. Add garlic and smoked sausage and cook until smoked sausage is browned.
   
4. Stir in remaining ingredients. Transfer to oven and cook for 45 to 55 minutes.
   

How To Serve

Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage will be the hit of your next cookout, potluck, or picnic. They go great with burgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, pulled pork, and brisket. Serve them alongside Southern Potato Salad, and Buttermilk Coleslaw. This dish is also hearty enough to be served as a main dish with some cornbread muffins.

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Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage

5 from 19 votes

By Christin Mahrlig

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 45 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr

Servings: 8 servings

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Baked Beans with smoked sausage are super meaty and thick. Lots of sweetness from brown sugar, molasses, and ketchup.

Equipment

• Dutch Oven

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 slices bacon, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
• ▢ 1 sweet onion, chopped
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• ▢ 1/2 pound smoked sausage, sliced, I use kielbasa
• ▢ 3 (16-ounces) cans pork and beans
• ▢ 1/2 cup ketchup
• ▢ 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• ▢ 1/4 cup molasses
• ▢ 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
• ▢ 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, I use TABASCO

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon until crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Add onion to bacon drippings and cook until soft.
• Add garlic and smoked sausage and cook until sausage is browned.
• Stir in remaining ingredients including bacon. Bring to a simmer. Place Dutch oven, uncovered, in oven and cook for 45 to 55 minutes, until thick.

Nutrition

Calories: 368kcal

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Recipe adapted from: The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook

Originally posted May 16, 2016.

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