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BBQ baked beans with bacon in a white bowl with a spoon

BBQ "Baked" Beans

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 15 people
Calories 489 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box couscous uncooked, 5.8 ounces
  • 1 pound bacon
  • 1 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large onion coarsely chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • ½ cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar (I prefer white vinegar but cider works well, too.)
  • ½ cup BBQ sauce (This is my favorite brand. The finished beans end up tasting a lot like the BBQ sauce you use so use a brand you really like.)
  • 2 teaspoon Tabasco optional
  • 64 oz Bush's Grillin' Beans Southern Pit BBQ flavor
  • 32 oz dark red kidney beans or black beans

Instructions
 

  • Prepare couscous according to package directions, except replace ½ of water with BBQ sauce before boiling. For example, if your couscous needs 1 cup of water to cook, mix ½ cup of water with ½ cup of BBQ sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil as if it were plain water. Prepare couscous as usual.
  • Cook bacon using your preferred method. I like to bake mine at 400º for 13-15 minutes. Set aside on paper towels to dry. When dry, crumble or coarsely chop.
  • Sauté onion in butter over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the crumbled bacon and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Press garlic into skillet; cook for one minute.
  • Add brown sugar and vinegar to skillet, stir until sugar is dissolved. Continue to cook until mixture is bubbly. Add BBQ sauce, Tabasco, and beans to skillet. Bring mixture to a boil; remove from heat.
  • Add couscous to beans and mix well.

Notes

Crockpot instructions:
1. Cook the bacon using your preferred method. Drain on paper towels and then coarsely chop or crumble.
2. Sauté onion in butter over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Add bacon and cook for 3-4 additional minutes. Press garlic into skillet; cook for one minute.
3. Add brown sugar and vinegar to skillet, stir until sugar is dissolved. Continue to cook until mixture is bubbly.
4. Pour beans into to crockpot. Top with uncooked couscous, BBQ sauce, Tabasco, and sauce from skillet.
4. Add water required to cook couscous. Mix well.
5. Cook on low for 3 to 5 hours, until couscous is tender and sauce is bubbly.

Nutrition

Calories: 489kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 1033mg | Potassium: 875mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 76IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 5mg
Keyword bacon, bbq, beans
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