Sauté the diced onions in the bacon fat over medium heat until the onions gain a golden brown color, about five minutes. Add the minced garlic, stirring frequently for 30 seconds until the garlic is fragrant. If you have time make these baked beans the day before you want to serve them - they're even better the next day. When I was growing up baked beans were often served as the main protein in our meal. Mom would serve a big pan of them with cornbread . Super filling and inexpensive, too. Cookouts are a big part of my life, they always have been. From neighborhood cookouts living in base housing with my parents (and with my husband), to now, smoking brisket, grilling hot dogs, and noshing on seafood boils with close friends at my own home. Canned Pork and Beans. This is not a set in stone ingredient, you could soak some dry pinto beans, or use great northern beans. I like the canned versions of beans for ease, I don't have to set up prep overnight. Simple and easy.

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Heat up your cast iron skillet and add the chopped bacon, cooking to your desired crispness. Drain most of the fat out when the bacon is done and add the onions and garlic. You want to sauté them to really open up those flavors you can only get through the maillard reaction. You start with a couple of cans of baked beans from the store. That way it doesn't take long to get that "cooked all day" goodness.

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Step 1. Set the oven to 350 degrees. Add all the ingredients into a large bowl and combine until fully incorporated. Everything is done in one pan: optional bacon addition, sautéing onions and garlic then loading up on tons of flavor with different ingredients that make baked beans so damn good. This delicious side dish is a guaranteed hit f you have a Dr Pepper fan in your life ... or a houseful of them! Once they're golden brown, add all the other ingredients, give it a mix, then put the skillet into your hot oven and bake your barbecue beans until they become perfectly glazed with that sauce and are ready to eat! Serve with Expert Tip: Don't store Dr Pepper baked beans in aluminum or cover with aluminum foil. The natural acids in the sauce react with the aluminum and can give an off flavor to the beans.

I like to use brown sugar pork and beans but you can use plain great northern beans or navy beans if you wish. I don't think the end result is as flavorful, though. I'll serve dr. pepper beans with a smoked tri tip. It really makes a great side dish to your grilled and smoked main dish. Leftover baked beans should be covered with plastic wrap or placed in an airtight container and refrigerated promptly. I like to fix these baked beans in an iron skillet. I can cook the bacon and onions then bake everything right in the same skillet. With amazing flavor and how easy it is to make, these sweet and savory dr. pepper baked beans are a delicious side dish for any BBQ or tailgating party.I also like it with some saucy slow cooker or oven ribs and lemon pepper wings during football season! Storage and Reheat Instructions Worcestershire sauce. The choice of top bbq pitmasters (like my mama), this gives our barbecue beans that deep umami taste that would otherwise be missing. Soy sauce.