Every barbecue needs the perfect side dish and THIS IS IT!
I love that I can throw these beans in my slow cooker and let them simmer all day long. These tangy beans are perfectly thick and sweet after a couple of hours in the crockpot.
This baked beans recipe is one that we use for all of our family potlucks and summer parties. It only has 6 simple ingredients (one of them is bacon!!) and can be thrown together in just a few minutes.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our slow cooker baked beans, you need the following ingredients:
- Cans of pork and beans
- Onion
- BBQ sauce
- Brown sugar
- Yellow mustard
- Bacon
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Slow Cooker Baked Beans
- Mix pork and beans, diced onion, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and mustard in slow cooker, and stir until combined.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
- Cook bacon and crumble on top of beans before serving.
Recipe Notes
For this recipe, we actually use a couple cans of pork and beans. Some recipes require that you use hard beans, soak them, then cook them for long periods of time.
To save time, cook your bacon the night before and then just crumble it on top when you are ready to serve. You could also use pre-cooked bacon from the grocery store.
Cooking beans in the slow cooker is a time saver. Prep earlier in the day, and it is ready to go when it’s time to eat. We also love that the slow cooker does not heat up our entire house. They do not require us to stand over a hot stove top to prepare them.
You can use the following add-ins: chopped green bell pepper, chopped red pepper, cooked ground beef or diced ham, diced hot dogs, or diced jalapeño peppers. You can also substitute the mustard for .5 teaspoon of ground mustard powder.
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Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 (28 ounce) cans pork and beans
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 cup BBQ Sauce
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- ½ pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Mix pork and beans, diced onion, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and mustard in slow cooker, and stir until combined.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
- Cook bacon and crumble on top of beans before serving.
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This is a great recipe.
Instead of three cans of pork and beans, I use one can of pork and beans, one can of kidney beans, one can of butter beans and one can of green beans (drained).
I made this over the weekend turned out great the only thing different i did was put the bacon in at the start to give it a little bit more of a bacon taste.
I made this last weekend for a family picnic! IT WAS A HIT!!! Sweet, salty, creamy… It’s a keeper!!!
This Is My Recipe Also …They Are Yummy.
How many servings?
In the box where the recipe is posted is where you will find the servings. It serves 8.
I’m currently living in Mexico and they don’t have pork and beans. Can I substitute white beans instead? Would you add anything else to it with this substitution?
Hi Karen – If you want to keep the same flavor profile as this recipe I would try making your own pork and beans and then adding them to the recipe. Here is a yummy recipe: https://mycrazygoodlife.com/homemade-pork-and-beans-recipe/