This Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage 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.
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.
Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage will be the hit of your next cookout, potluck, or picnic.
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Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage
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. Bring to a simmer. Place Dutch oven, uncovered, in oven and cook for 45 to 55 minutes, until thick.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from: The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook
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I’ve never had cowboy beans that called for sausage before. I think it’s awesome!
I have made it twice now and everyone loves it and then of course I burn the last batch for some reason my crock pot was up too high. So of course I had to make more today lol.
I don’t have a Dutch oven can it be done another way
This is one of our favorite recipes! It is SO YUMMY!🤤
It’s quick and easy to make as well.
Try it and it will be one of your favorite meals as well.
Thanks for posting this recipe! 🥰
My husband does not like green beans. Got him to try these and he loves them! Defiantly, on the menu list!
Made it for a pot luck it was awesome
I want to prepare this recipe. Can I use a cast iron frying pan instead of a Dutch oven?
Wonderful!! Perfect every time I make it. I sometimes serve it up with cornmeal muffins and that’s a meal for us!!
Could you smoke this recipe in a smoker?