No need to heat up the kitchen in any way, shape, or form for your summertime BBQ. With this Slow Cooker Bourbon BBQ Baked Beans recipe, you can let your beans simmer away on the low heat setting in your crockpot all morning.
And by afternoon they will turn into a delicious sweet and tangy crockpot full of beans to go with whatever you cook on the grill. This recipe is so easy and it is one of my favorite ways to make baked beans.
These Slow Cooker Bourbon Baked Beans have all of the requisite baked bean flavors: brown sugar, molasses, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, onion, and bacon. A splash of bourbon kicks the flavor up even more. If you like your beans thick, at the end of cooking time remove the lid, turn your crockpot to high and let them cook for about 20 to 30 minutes. If you feel like your crockpot doesn’t get hot enough on High, put them in a 350° oven for 20 minutes or so.
You can use any mixture of beans- kidney beans, pinto, black beans or even garbanzo beans.
Never miss a recipe. Follow Spicy Southern Kitchen on Facebook and Pinterest.
Slow Cooker Bourbon Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 6 pieces of bacon
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3 (15-ounce) cans undrained pork and beans
- 1 (15-ounce) can Northern Beans,, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15-ounce) can Navy beans,, drained and rinsed
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup bourbon
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Cook bacon in a nonstick skillet. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat from the skillet. Saute onion in the bacon fat for 3-4 minutes.
- Place onions and all other ingredients, except bacon, in a 6-quart crockpot. Stir well, cover, and cook on low for 4 hours.
- Remove top, turn heat to high and cook 20 minutes to thicken some. Stir in bacon.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
No need to heat up the kitchen in any way, shape, or form for your summertime BBQ. With this Slow Cooker Bourbon BBQ Baked Beans recipe, you can let your beans simmer away on the low heat setting in your crockpot all morning.
More Crockpot Recipes
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.
Any recommendations for a substitute to the canned pork and beans?
Just don’t use them make more of the sauce. That is what I did. I loved this recipe
Hi – any idea how many servings this makes? Thanks!
In the crackpot now. Didn’t have any mustard, hopefully it doesn’t make a huge difference?
I make these amazing beans exactly as directed. The best I’ve ever had.
Yay!
What’s a nonalcoholic sub for bourbon ?
If you are worried about alcohol, it cooks out. In a specialty grocery store you can find “cooking Bourbon”. It is usually near the vinegar or steak sauce.
Wondering if I could use all pork and beans instead of adding Navy and Northern.
Yes, I think that would be fine.
Can I make a few subs for the cans of pork and beans? I like making my own because the ingredient list on those is abysmal.
That should work Niki.
I looooove baked beans. They are one of those treats that I rarely eat unless I’m at a bbq, but dang girl–I want to get into the kitchen and whip up a batch right this second!
I hardly ever eat baked beans unless I’m at a bbq either, but every now and then I get a hankering to make some!
I’ve seen that several others have asked about the serving size. I didn’t see a answer, so could you please let me know how many servings in this dish?
My husband’s company picnic is this weekend and I would like to take these beans.
Since I missed this for Memorial Day, I will make it for Father’s Day. My Dad would love this. Me too!
Great Father’s Day recipe! Can you believe Father’s Day is almost here? This year is flying by!
Here in the UK they’re obsessed with their canned Heinz beans for breakfast… that’s just one British custom that I can’t find myself ever conforming to. This looks 100% more appetising and representative of what baked beans should be! I find maple syrup to be an amazing addition, too 🙂
Yes, those canned beans they like in the UK don’t seem to have much flavor. Maple syrup would be amazing! I actually like it more than molasses.