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These World’s Best Baked Beans will be the last recipe you will ever make! This easy recipe is the perfect side to a potluck and a tried and true family recipe that your family will go crazy over!
A good side dish really makes a meal, in my opinion. Try out some more of my favorite sides that will complement just about anything! My favorites are these Creamy Parmesan Garlic Brussels Sprouts, this delicious Grilled Asparagus and these yummy 1-Hour Dinner Rolls.
World’s Best Baked Beans
This recipe is a family tried and true favorite. It’s simple and easy to make, and it’s packed full of flavor. The best part about it is that once it’s cooked, you can put it in a slow cooker to keep it warm, and it’s easy to transport. Because this is made for just about every single occasion in our family, being able to get the food to and from somewhere is a MUST!
The secret to these baked beans is the bacon. It has a pound of bacon inside of these amazing baked beans and once you add in brown to sweeten it up… You will see why these are the best of the best! They are hearty and rich, and they turn out perfect every single time! Serve these up at a delicious bbq alongside a salad and some grilled chicken and you won’t regret it!
Ingredients in Baked Beans
These ingredients are simple and easy for the world’s best baked beans. Once you try this once, you will make sure that you always have these ingredients on hand so that you can make this side dish to go with everything! Check out the recipe card at the bottom of the post for exact ingredient measurements.
- Bacon: The bacon is the secret ingredient that really makes this recipe stand out.
- Green Pepper: I like to dice this up nice and small.
- White Onion: You can also use a yellow onion if that’s what you have.
- Pork and Beans: This part is so easy. You just open the cans and dump them in!
- Ketchup: This adds a deeper flavor to the beans.
- Brown Sugar: The brown sugar adds a sweet flavor that goes especially well with the bacon.
- Worcestershire Sauce: This savory and sweet sauce complements the other ingredients perfectly.
How to Make Easy Baked Beans
The world’s best baked beans take just over an hour to bake. This is easy because then you can cook them up while you make the main course.
- Prep and Cook: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Fry up the bacon and crumble in pieces. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and discard some grease. Add the green pepper and onion and fry until tender.
- Bake: Combine bacon, green pepper, onion, pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a 9×13-inch pan. Bake covered for 1 hour.
Can I Cook Baked Beans on the Stove?
Yes! Add ingredients to a large Dutch oven, cover, and simmer for an hour. Fry up the bacon and crumble it into pieces. Cut up the green pepper and onion and cook in the bacon grease until soft. Combine all ingredients together. Let simmer in the pan on low for at least an hour.
How do I Cook Baked Beans in a Slow Cooker?
Follow all of the steps in the recipe card but instead of combining the ingredients to a 9×13 pan, place them in a slow cooker. Cook them on low for 4-6 hours.
How to Store Leftovers
Once your world’s best baked beans have cooled, place them in an airtight container. Store the beans in your fridge for 3-4 days. When you are ready to eat them again, you can reheat them on low-medium heat on the stove until they are warmed through.
More Recipe Ideas for a Potluck
It can be hard figuring out what to bring to a potluck. you can Brin finger foods, something sweet, something savory… There are so many options! I’ve narrowed down the options to the bet of the best. You can’t go wrong with these potluck favorites!
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World’s Best Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound bacon
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 1 white onion, diced
- 4 (15 ounce) cans pork and beans
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Fry up the bacon and crumble in pieces. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and discard some grease. Add the green pepper and onion and fry until tender.
- Combine bacon, green pepper, onion, pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a 9×13-inch pan. Bake covered for 1 hour.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
By green pepper, do you mean bell pepper? Or some other pepper?
It will be a green pepper not bell pepper. Although, a bell pepper would be great too! .
Hi, I’m from the UK and im unsure of what pork and beans are? Is it like canelinni beans? If so, are they canned? already in a sauce or just in water? Sorry for the ooodles of questions but I really like the sounds of this recipe and I’m desperate to try it out.
Pork and beans are a can of literally pork and beans mixed together in a pork and beans sauce.
Hello i am also from the UK and live in San Diego ! you could use Heinz beans I am sure that would work as well as the pork and beans ,I made the beans yesterday and cut the recipe in half as there are only two of us ,The beans came out great ,probably the best beans I ever tasted ,I intend to makes the beans on a regular basis .Easy to make ,😀
Can I prep this the day before and bake it the next day? We are having guests and I’d like to get as much done the day prior so it’s just ready to pop in the oven! Thank you!
Yes, that sounds great! That is a great idea! Enjoy your guests!
using 6 cans o beans, how many are we cooking for. the liquid smoke, wonderful idear.
This is a great recipe. I added a bit of liquid smoke and it gave a nice little added flavor.
These Baked Beans are the best that I had! Even better than my mom’s baked beans!!!! Thank you for the recipe. This will be our tried and true go-to recipe any time of year! Not too sweet not to sour, they are just right. Oh and don’t question the pound of bacon. I thought it was going to be too much but it wasn’t . Thank you again Alyssa!
That is great to hear! Thank you so much for sharing! XOXO
This recipe sounds like my mom’s baked bean recipe and hers spoiled me for any other baked beans. I will try it and see if it truly measures up (which I really expect it will). I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks.
Have you ever used bush’s Baked beans? For some reason the pork and beans turns me off.
Thanks!
Me toooo….
You make mention of Bush’s Baked Beans.If you don’t like the pork then I would guess that you are making reference to Bush’s Vegan Baked Beans. However, I hope that you realize that the flavor of any meat comes from the fat it contains. Otherwise, it will be like eating paper unless you add outside flavor..
The absolute BEST canned baked beans are by B&M.Tons of flavor, great quality beans and NO “mystery pork bits”. Use this recipe, but be sure to buy B&M Baked beans for your base. I always add a tablespoon of dark molasses too. Or you could use a meaty ham hock instead of bacon. I even add a diced apple now and then. So many ways to enjoy baked beans!
I use Bush’s all the time. I always add molasses and mustard to mine
Bush’s baked beans in this recipe was amazing!!!
I use Bush’s bake beans…they have the best baked beans recipe on some of their cans!
My mom always swore it had to be Van Camps or nothing. 😋
The baked beans are almost like mine yours sound great , I like adding a little mustard all other ingredients are the same ,and yes they are the best baked beans anywhere you have a fantastic blog I got your ebook going to work on some recipes this week .Thanks so much
love baked beans recipes, especially since my diet requires regular legumes, and I’m kinda sick of my pinto bean recipe, so thank you for this!
This is very similar to what my grandmother used to do – she might not have bothered with adding onions and green peppers. The best baked beans I’ve ever gotten at a restaurant are from a Bar-B-Que place that adds diced smoked brisket rather than bacon (although they may put in bacon also – I always ate them too fast to notice). Thanks for bringing back memories!
After you put it all together can you cook it in a crock pot?