Spicy Barbecue Beans

Start with canned pork and beans and add beef, spicy pork sausage, bacon, molasses, barbeque sauce, and several other flavors for the tastiest barbeque beans you'll ever need.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 451 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup molasses
• 1 ½ cups chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring
• 8 slices bacon, or more to taste
• ¾ pound ground beef
• ¼ pound bulk spicy pork sausage
• 4 (16 ounce) cans pork and beans, drained
• ¾ cup barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®)
• 1 teaspoon dried mint (Optional)
• ½ teaspoon bitters (Optional)
• 3 dashes hot sauce, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and bulk sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.

Step 3

Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble bacon into small pieces and add to beef mixture; transfer to a large casserole dish.

Step 4

Stir pork and beans, onion, molasses, barbeque sauce, liquid smoke, cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce, mint, salt, bitters, and hot sauce into the beef mixture.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until heated through and thick, about 45 minutes.