Spicy Bacon Baked Beans are packed full of flavor and heat and they have lots of bacon for plenty of smokiness. They are sure to be a hit at your next picnic or cookout. The heat comes from jalapenos and cayenne pepper.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern
Keyword bacon, summer
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Author Christin Mahrlig
Ingredients
8slicesbacon
1medium yellow or sweet onion
2-3jalapenos, seeded and finely chopped
2(28-ounce) canspork and beans
1/2cupketchup
1/3cuppacked light brown sugar
1/4cupmolasses
2tablespoonsyellow mustard
1tablespoonapple cider vinegar
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
1teaspoon chili powder
1/2teaspooncayenne pepper
1jalapeno, sliced
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Chop bacon into 1-inch pieces and cook in a large nonstick pan until crisp. Remove from pan with a slotted spoon and set aside on a paper towel-lined plate.
Pour off bacon grease, leaving about 2 tablespoons in the pan. Add onion and jalapeno and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add remaining ingredients except sliced jalapeno to pan and stir to mix. Note: If pan is not big enough, mix everything in a large bowl.
Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle bacon and jalapeno slices on top.
Bake for 60 minutes uncovered. If you like your beans really thick, bake an extra 20 minutes.