Blue Ribbon Texas Baked Beans Recipe With Ground Beef & Bacon Is Hard to Resist Side Dishes Beef Pork Dinner Gluten-free Entertaining

These incredible baked beans had me at "hello." Full of ground beef and in a sweet, flavorful sauce, you can't go wrong with this easy baked beans recipe. Warning: there is a lot of sugar in these beans. We save this recipe for Memoria Day, July 4th and Labor Day. These are our special occasion beans, though if they were healthier we'd eat them all the time. They are one of my most-requested recipes. 

For these sweet, meaty baked beans recipe you'll need ground beef, bacon, pork and beans, ranch-style beans, Worcestershire sauce, onion, light corn syrup, granulated sugar, brown sugar, ketchup and yellow mustard. The ground beef, bacon and onion are cooked in a skillet, then the remaining ingredients are stirred in. The beans bake in the oven for about one hour. I always put them directly from the oven into a slow cooker to keep them warm during the party. 

Serve these Texas meat beans as a side dish with brisket, chicken, pork, burgers, hot dogs or even alone for a quick dinner.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Servings: 15

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound bacon, chopped (I use maple bacon)
• 30 ounces (2 cans) pork and beans, drained
• 15 ounces (1 can) ranch-style beans, drained
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon yellow mustard

Here's how you make it:

1. Cook bacon until almost crisp in a large pot. (Do not drain the fat.)
2. Add the ground beef and onion and continue to cook until meat is browned. (You could use ground turkey, if desired.)
3. Add the remaining ingredients. (For gluten-free beans, omit the Worcestershire sauce or use gluten-free Worcestershire sauce.) 
4. Pour the beans into a 13x9-inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 hour, uncovered. (I like to pour the beans it a slow cooker to keep them warm during get-togethers. These beans can easily be doubled, which I always do, for large groups.) Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat in the microwave.

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