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Main Dish Recipes » Pork » Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon {using canned beans}

Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon {using canned beans}

Created by Amy Engberson 6 Comments

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Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon is the easiest way to make the classic potluck side dish! They’re sweetened with brown sugar, have crumbled bacon, and a handful of other simple ingredients that combine together to make extra flavorful beans! This is the perfect recipe to share at barbecues, potlucks, and with almost all grilled meats!

a white dish with baked beans in a tomato sauce
Slow Cooker Baked Bean is an easy version of the old classic!

Once August arrives I know our summer is unofficially over. I don’t even like to think about it, but it’s true.  Football season starts taking all of our evenings. August is the busiest month for farming. When we do have a free evening though, I always want to have a barbecue. We have to soak up every last drop of summer as possible. 

Crock Pot Baked Beans with Bacon

It seems to me that baked beans should be a staple at every barbecue. Beans and barbecues are like peanut butter and jelly! Anyway, I avoid turning my oven on in the summer. It’s just too darn hot. I decided to make baked beans in the crockpot the other day. I made them before church and let ’em go until we got home.

They couldn’t have been easier. The flavor? Killer! Kind of like the BEST baked beans ever! I’m partial to my mom’s classic recipe and I loved this one, so that’s really saying something!

Baked beans made in the slow cooker with a tomato sauce and crumbled bacon

How to make Baked Beans

Crock Pot baked bean with canned beans is the easiest recipe in the world to make! You pretty much throw everything in the slow cooker and let it go!

The most time-consuming part of this recipe is frying and crumbling the bacon. My time-saving tip is this whenever I fry bacon I fry LOTS of it at once and save the leftovers for adding to recipes like this!

Oh, and if you want smoked baked beans you can use this same recipe and put them on the smoker right along with your meat. Most of the time I smoke meat at 250-300 degrees. This recipe can be cooked uncovered at that temperature for 2-3 hours.

Can you freeze Baked Beans?

Yes! Baked beans freeze really well and is a great option for leftover baked beans! They can be kept in the freezer for up to four months!

When you’re ready to serve the beans thaw them in the fridge. Then reheat them in the microwave or on the stovetop.

Other BBQ Side Dish Recipes

We love homemade, from scratch, barbecue side dish recipes! Here are a few of our favorites that go really well with baked beans and smoked meat!

  • Cornbread Muffins – tastes even better than Marie Callender’s
  • Cauliflower Salad – it’s crunchy and easy
  • Slow Cooker Creamed Corn – cheesy and out of this world
  • Watermelon and Feta Salad – salty and sweet
  • Baked Potato Chips Recipe – easier than you think and so worth the little bit of effort
  • Grilled Zucchini – in a foil packet…EASY
  • Grape Salad – my favorite salad
  • Apple Salad – it’s more like dessert, but I’m counting it for salad
  • KFC Copycat Coleslaw – so much flavor
  • Pesto Pasta Salad – if you love basil you’ll LOVE this salad

Grab my Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon recipe!

Finish the summer out strong and barbecue every chance you get. Too soon we will be sipping on hot cocoa and wondering when we are ever going to get back outside. Let your slow cooker bake your beans and soak up the last of the summer fun!

Be sure to follow me on Pinterest for more recipes!

Slow Cooker Baked Beans

I think baked beans belong at every barbecue. The only problem is that I also think it’s too hot to turn the oven on. Slow Cooker Baked Beans are the perfect flavorful solution to the problem!
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Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Baked Beans with Bacon, Crock Pot Baked Beans with Bacon, Crock Pot Baked Beans with Canned Beans
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 240kcal
Author: Amy

Ingredients

  • 2 15 oz cans pork and beans
  • 6 slices bacon
  • 2 Tbsp mustard
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder more to taste
  • 2 Tbsp cider vinegar
  • dash hot sauce optional

Instructions

  • Fry and crumble bacon.
  • Add all ingredients to slow cooker.
  • Stir until mixed together.
  • Cook on low for 2-3 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 1066mg | Potassium: 460mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 127IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 2mg
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I live on a dairy with my husband and three boys. Although we are in the business of raising cattle, we really are in the business of raising boys. I am passionate about catching up with each other at meal times. My love language is food. And I hope that my men feel the love in every bite. Read more...

Filed Under: Pork, Side Dishes Tagged With: Baked Beans, Side Dishes, slow cooker

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  1. bob linke says

    July 31, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Amy – great recipe – I add one more ingredient to mine – small undrained can of crushed pineapple – best served cold at picnic, potluck, whatever………bob

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    • Amy Engberson says

      August 2, 2014 at 5:21 pm

      I love pineapple and have seen it in lots of baked beans recipes but haven’t ever tried it. I’m going to though! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  2. Linda says

    August 4, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Amy…what size can of pork & beans?…Probably the big cans, right?

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  3. Joyce Meldrum says

    October 11, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    Please add my name to your list.

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    • Amy Engberson says

      October 17, 2017 at 10:30 pm

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  4. Joyce Meldrum says

    October 11, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    Like your website

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Hi I’m Amy! Welcome to my stinky farm life where my days are filled with chasing kids and cows! It’s all about simply delicious food around here! If you leave my house hungry…it’s your own fault! Read More..

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