Root Beer adds a little spice and some sweetness to these baked beans with ground beef and bacon. Sure to be a cookout favorite.

Root Beer Baked Beans

Can you believe it’s almost Memorial Day? The cookout/grilling season is getting ready to kick into high gear. And no cookout should be without baked beans.

One thing I really love to do, as I think a lot of southerners do, is cook with soft drinks. Cokes we call them. In the south we don’t really say soda or pop. Everything is a coke. Except maybe root beer. I’m not sure root beer ever gets called coke.

Root Beer Baked Beans

But root beer is an all together different kind of soft drink and it is actually the only soft drink I don’t like to drink. I’m really not fond of its spicy taste. Which is weird I know since I love spice.

There’s just something about the spice of root beer that is not appealing to me.

I do however like to cook with root beer. I love Root Beer Glazed Chicken and now I have a Root Beer Baked Bean recipe to add to my repertoire.

The spice of root beer works wonderfully as a flavoring for food, lending a little spice and some definite sweetness.

One day I’m thinking about having an all soft drink inspired meal. Maybe some 7-up Biscuits, Dr. Pepper Ribs, Root Beer Baked Beans, a Cheerwine Cocktail, and of course Coca Cola Cake. Fun!!!

Note: The root beer adds quite a bit of liquid to the beans so you need to cook them uncovered for a long time to get nice and thick.

Root Beer Baked Beans

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Root Beer Baked Beans

4 from 1 vote

By Christin Mahrlig

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Thick and hearty baked beans flavored with root beer, bacon, barbecue sauce, and ground beef.
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 4 bacon slices
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 3 (16-ounce) cans pork and beans,, undrained
  • 3/4 cup root beer
  • 1/2 cup hickory-smoked barbecue sauce
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish.
  • Brown ground beef in a skillet, breaking it into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Drain and set aside.
  • Wipe skillet clean and cook bacon until crisp. Set bacon aside and crumble when cool.
  • Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat. Saute onion in bacon fat until soft, about 5 minutes.
  • Mix together all ingredients including crumbled bacon and place in baking dish.
  • Bake uncovered for 1 hour 15 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 194kcal

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

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Are you a baked bean lover? Try these Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage. They are incredible!

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  1. Delois Cochran says:

    Hey they sound grt8, I think I will try it as side dish on table for Christmas dinner. Yummy