Spicy Baked Beans
These delicious baked beans have a wonderful kick from the cayenne pepper in the recipe. Great for summer holiday parties, backyard barbecues, family reunions or potlucks.
Ingredients
- 6 16-oz. cans Bush's baked beans
- 16 oz. Wright’s thick sliced bacon enough to cover top of casserole
- 16 oz. Hunts Ketchup
- 1 /2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 4 tbsp. honey
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
Instructions
- Place beans in a large greased casserole dish.
- Precook the bacon until almost done.
- Cut about half of the bacon into 1-2 inch pieces and mix in with beans.
- Stir ketchup, brown sugar, onion, honey and garlic powder into beans.
- Sprinkle carefully with cayenne pepper over top of casserole. (This is what gives the casserole a little kick).
- Then layer the remaining bacon over top of casserole.
- Bake, covered, in a 350° oven for 2 hours or longer until no longer soupy, but NOT dried out.
Notes
NOTE: Be very careful sprinkling the cayenne pepper over top of the ingredients in the baking dish. You want even coverage, not a spot that has too much cayenne!
NOTE: This recipe can also be made in the crockpot. Cook on low until beans thicken but are not dried out--approximately 4-6 hours.
NOTE: You can't omit the cayenne pepper in this recipe because then the beans will be too sweet.
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