These Bacon Brown Sugar Baked Beans will steal the show at your next summer cookout.

Bacon Brown Sugar Baked Beans

Bacon Brown Sugar Baked Beans. (Stacey Little / Southern Bite)

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Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 45 minutes

Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 6 pieces sliced bacon, coarsely chopped
• 1 small sweet onion, finely diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (28-ounce) cans pork and beans in tomato sauce
• ½ cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• ⅓ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large oven-safe Dutch oven, cook the chopped bacon on the stovetop over medium heat until crisp.
• Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels. Allow about 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat to remain in the pot.
• Add the onion and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes or until translucent.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently.
• Add the pork and beans with the sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire, mustard, vinegar and brown sugar. Stir to combine.
• Sprinkle the bacon over the top of the beans and place uncovered in the oven.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until bubbly.
• Serve warm.

Nutrition information: calories, 279 kilocalories; carbohydrates, 46 grams; protein, 10 grams; fat, 8 grams; saturated fat, 3 grams; polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram; monounsaturated fat, 3 grams; trans fat, 0.02 grams; cholesterol, 20 milligrams; sodium, 919 milligrams; potassium, 634 milligrams; fiber, 9 grams; sugar, 12 grams; vitamin A, 71IU; vitamin C, 6 milligrams; calcium, 105 milligrams; iron, 3 milligrams.

Recipe notes: If you don’t have an oven-safe Dutch oven, you can use a large, deep oven-safe skillet or you can use whatever for the stovetop part and then transfer the beans to a large baking dish before putting it in the oven.

This recipe originally appeared on SouthernBite.com. For more great recipes, visit the website or check out “The Southern Bite Cookbook.”