Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon

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Are you looking for a simple baked bean recipe that you can make in the slow cooker? If so you’ll love this slow cooker baked beans with bacon recipe. The delicious blend of kidney beans, bacon, sweet onions, Dijon mustard, and other seasonings will surely be your new favorite baked bean recipe ever!

I love using my slow cooker whenever possible. This fancy kitchen gadget can cook your daily meals with ease while you enjoy getting everything else done. The slow cooker helps give you more quality time with the family all the while cooking your recipes to maximum flavor levels.

Can you put raw bacon in a slow cooker?

You do not want to put raw bacon in a slow cooker. This would leave all of the fat that drips off of the bacon during the heating time in your baked beans recipe, creating a greasy disaster. It’s best to cook your bacon in a skillet with the onions, as noted below, before placing it in your slow cooker.

Can you cook beans in a slow cooker?

Cooking beans in a slow cooker helps create the best textured baked beans in the world. You’ll want to drain and rinse your canned kidney beans before placing them in a slow cooker. Once the kidney beans have been drained and rinsed, you’ll place them as the first ingredient in your slow cooker to make these baked beans in a slow cooker.

How long do you cook beans in the Crockpot?

For my slow cooker baked beans and bacon recipe, you’ll want to cook these beans for eight hours on low or four hours on high. I suggest using the low heat option whenever possible as it helps give more flavor to your slow cooker baked beans.

What goes with baked beans?

This slow cooker baked beans with bacon recipe is an excellent dish to bring to family gatherings or use as a side dish during mealtime at home. The best pairings for baked beans include grilled meat, pulled pork sandwiches, and a fresh salad.

Whether you opt to serve this as a side dish or main course meal, I’m confident you’ll soon start to love this flavorful baked beans recipe that’s created in the slow cooker with little effort. If you’re ready to give your taste buds a treat, then continue reading to learn how you can make these slow cooker baked beans with bacon today.

Slow Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon

Gather up the ingredients below, dust off your slow cooker and get prepared to enjoy the best baked beans recipe ever!

Ingredients:

• 16-oz thick-cut bacon (preferred), cut into small pieces
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• Sea salt to taste
• 1 15.5-oz can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 15.5-oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 15.5-oz cans great northern beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 15-oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 6 oz tomato paste
• 2 T  Dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp  liquid smoke
• 1 C real maple syrup
• 2 C chicken broth

Directions:

Add chopped bacon and onion to a large skillet. Season with salt, to taste, and cook over medium heat until bacon is about half cooked and the onion is soft, approximately 10-15 minutes.

Remove skillet from heat and carefully drain excess grease. Set aside.

Combine the beans to a 6-quart or larger slow cooker crock pot.

Add your other ingredients including the yummy maple syrup.

Stir to combine.

Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours. Remove lid and stir to combine. Taste and season with additional salt, if desired, before serving.

Enjoy – sometimes we pick up our favorite ribs to go with these.  Sounds like a holiday weekend menu.

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