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Slow Cooker Baked Beans

These Slow Cooker Baked Beans are the side dish you've been searching for! This baked bean recipe is packed with thick-cut bacon and a variety of beans with a thick and delicious sauce.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Slow Cooker Baked Beans
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 16- oz. bacon thick cut, cut into small pieces
  • 1 medium sweet onion chopped
  • Sea salt and black pepper 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 tablespoon Dijon mustard sugar-free
  • ΒΌ teaspoon liquid smoke gluten-free
  • 1 cup real maple syrup
  • 2 cup chicken broth preferably organic

Instructions

  1. Add chopped bacon and onion to a large skillet. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and cook over medium heat until bacon starts to get crispy and the onion is soft, approximately 10-15 minutes.
  2. Remove the skillet from heat and carefully drain excess grease. Set aside.
  3. Add the beans, bacon, and onion to a 6-quart or larger slow cooker crock. Top with the tomato paste, Dijon mustard, liquid smoke, maple syrup, and chicken broth, and stir to combine.
  4. 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 and black pepper, if desired, before serving. Enjoy!

Oven Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Add all of the ingredients into an oven-safe dish and mix together.

  3. Cook for 2 hours until they thicken.

  4. Check at the 1 hr mark to see if they need more liquid.

Stove Top

  1. Add all the ingredients into a large pot and cook on medium-low heat for 1 hour until thick.