Southern Style Baked Beans

By Thom7747

Ingredients

• 2 28-oz. cans cheap-o pork n' beans*
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup barbeque sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• a few drops Liquid Smoke
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 5-6 slices thick-cup bacon

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from southyourmouth.com

Preparation

Step 1

So here’s what I do! I mix up my very favorite baked beans then top the them with a gozillion nuggets of bacon that crisp up and work their magic while the beans are cooking. End result? Bacon for everyone!

Combine ketchup, barbeque sauce, brown sugar, mustard, worchestershire sauce, Liquid Smoke, garlic and pepper in a medium-sized bowl and mix well; set aside.

Open each can of beans and pour off all the standing liquid in the top of the can. Discard liquid and add beans to the ketchup mixture. Mix beans gently with the ketchup mixture until thoroughly combined then pour into a shallow 2-quart baking dish.

Cut bacon into 1/2 inch pieces then place pieces evenly in a single layer on top of beans.

*Not “baked beans” or “barbeque beans” or anything fancy like that as they’re already jazzed up. You just want plain jane, inexpensive "pork n' beans". I usually buy Van Camp’s (Libby’s in Canada). ALSO, be sure to keep the cans upright until you’re ready to cook. You want all the liquid to settle on top so you can pour it off.