How to Make Slow Cooker BBQ Baked Beans - A Step-by-Step Guide

There's nothing like the smoky, sweet, and savory flavors of homemade barbecue baked beans. And when it comes to making them, the slow cooker is your best friend. This recipe for Slow Cooker BBQ Baked Beans is a game-changer. It's packed with rich, complex flavors and a deliciously thick, luscious sauce.

Slow cooking the beans allows the flavors to meld and deepen, resulting in a dish that rivals any that you'd find at your favorite barbecue joint. The best part? It's incredibly easy ...

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound mild pork sausage
  • 1 (15 ounce) can wax beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cut green beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
  • ½ (28 ounce) can barbeque baked beans, with liquid
  • 1 (15 ounce) can chili beans, with liquid
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup barbeque sauce
  • 1 small green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 hrs
  • Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins
  • Servings: 24
  • Yield: 24 servings

  • Place sausage in a skillet over medium heat, and cook until evenly brown. Drain grease, and transfer sausage to a slow cooker.
  • Into the slow cooker with the sausage, mix wax beans, green beans, lima beans, and black beans. Mix in baked beans with liquid and chili beans with liquid. Stir in the tomato paste, brown sugar, barbeque sauce, green bell pepper, onion, and fennel seed.
  • Cover slow cooker. Cook on Low at least 5 hours.
  • Nutrition

    169 cal.

    • Total Fat: 4g
    • Saturated Fat: 1g
    • Cholesterol: 11mg
    • Sodium: 591mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 27g
    • Dietary Fiber: 5g
    • Total Sugars: 14g
    • Protein: 7g
    • Vitamin C: 7mg
    • Calcium: 48mg
    • Iron: 2mg
    • Potassium: 384mg