Heidi’s Famous Baked Beans
Heidi’s Famous Baked Beans are the perfect side for any barbecue. It’s hard to find something everyone loves but these beans are always the first to go at potlucks!
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BAKED BEANS
(Originally posted 2010)
Here in Florida we’re not by any of our family so when holidays come around we spend them with our best friends, the Clarks. We automatically know we will spend the holidays together and what each of us will bring. The Clarks always bring their Gooey Potatoes and these fabulous Baked Beans.
They get asked for the recipe wherever they bring them. With BBQ season upon these would be a great and easy side dish to bring. And did I mention *sniff* that the Clarks are leaving us in a couple of weeks. We both are trying to pretend it’s not happening…
OTHER BEAN RECIPES
Heidi’s Famous Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 2 (19.75 ounce cans) Campbells Pork and Beans, (or any other brand)
- 8-12 pieces of bacon
- 1 cup white onion, chopped finely
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder, add to taste
- 2 teaspoons dry ground mustard
Instructions
- Fry bacon in skillet. Remove bacon and put on paper towels but leave drippings in pan. Saute onion on low until clear. Crumble bacon back in skillet, add beans. Add ketchup, brown sugar, chili powder, and mustard. Bake in 350 degree oven for one hour. Either serve right away or keep in a crockpot on low until meal or BBQ.
Notes
I’ve made this recipe for years now- it’s our favorite! I use dried minced onion instead of raw and I usually don’t cook the bacon- I just lay it on top and cook it covered then uncovered to brown the bacon more. Everyone loves these beans!
Ooh great tip
Can you use Yoshida Hawaii sweet and sour sauce? The original gourmet sause?
I haven’t tried that
These beans are the beast. Every time I make them we never have any left. I cringe when I see people opening a can of beans and cooking them in a pot on the stove. I step in and ask for bacon and onion and the rest of the ingredients. From then on, I’m asked to bring the beans! 😂
Haha that’s awesome!
I’m excited to try this recipe! I’m looking for ways to avoid using the oven on a hot day with company. Do you think it would work in the slow cooker instead of the oven?
Yes, you could cook it on low in a slow cooker for 4 hours.
WE LOVE THESE!!!!! I have been making these since you originally posted them many years ago! My extended family always asks me to bring them to everything! Making them now for our ham dinner (goes great with funeral potatoes!)
Thank you! That’s awesome!
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how long is the cooking time ? The recipe says 21 hrs. and 59 min – same as the prep time
Sorry. There was an issue with the recipe card.
My local store only had 11 oz cans or 53oz cans. Do you think I would I be ok to use the 53oz can and keep all the other ingredients the same?
It’s close enough I don’t think it would matter.
This is my family’s favorite baked beans recipe. I now double the recipe because I got tired of them begging me make more e next day lol.
Oh I love hearing that!
Do u bake this uncovered?
Yes, uncovered.
Made me these beans last night and holy cow are they good, hard to stop eating!
So glad you liked them!
WHEN I MAKE MY BEANS , I USE GREEN ONIONS , I ADD THE SAME ITEMS AS SHE DOES BUT I ALSO ADD MUSTARD , HICKORY , LIQUID SMOKE , A ONE SAUCE , BASICALLY I OPEN THE FRIDGE AND THROW IT IN THERE .. I ALSO USE ALOT OF BACON… EVERY TIME WE GET TOGEATHER MY BEANS ARE ASKED FOR .. GOOD LUCK..
I want to make this recipe for dinner tonight but don’t have any baked beans. Do you think the recipe would work with black or kidney beans….or do I just need to head down to the store?
Sorry I meant to say pork and beans not baked beans
It definitely has a distinctive taste. I don’t think black or kidney beans would give the same taste.
I read all about doubling the recipe but I plan to half it since it’s my little family of 4. Or do you know if this freezes well? Suggestions? Thank you.
It really doesn’t make a lot. I think just the original recipe would be good for 4 but otherwise you can totally freeze it.
What would be the amounts for an open house of 100 people? Thank you!
This serves 8 so you could multiply the amounts by 12-13 times.
Hi! Have you ever doubled or tripled this recipe yourself? If so, have you doubled or tripled ALL ingredients (aka – brown sugar, ketchup, etc.)? Thanks!
Yes. If you double or triple, double or triple all the ingredients.
When I make bake beans I don’t measure anything. Just add what I think is enough. Never had any complaints and have been making beans thi way since the late 60’s I never us dry mustard, always squeeze the bottle or spoon the German mustard or horseradish mustard.. Never fails. Thanks for your post.
You’re welcome!
Made these tonight for the NFL draft… family loved them. Too popular to feed 8 as previous commenters have mentioned; great recipe!
Hey! We watched the draft too. Glad you liked them!
I have to say these beans are amazing! The recipe is perfect and everyone in this family loves them! Thanks fo sharing!!
I agree! Glad you did too!
I was asked to bring baked beans today for a Easter dinner get-to-gether. I wanted something to impress so I came here hoping for a decent recipe and was not disappointed! I was even asked for the recipe! Thank you!
Wow, Great Site! These beans looks wonderful. I cannot wait to try them.
Thank you for sharing your delicious food. I love the name of your site.
Jeff
This is my second time making these beans. The first time I made them, I had to double everything to feed the crowd I was having. They were way too sweet, so this time I am doubling everything but the brown sugar and ketchup. I’m sure they will be delicious!
I have made these a couple times now in a dutch oven. I cook the bacon and everything right there in the dutch oven and can toss it right into the oven and then take it straight to the table when done. It’s fantastic. I’ve made it for a BBQ and it was the best dish of everything there. 🙂
My entire family loves great baked beans! This sounds like a fantastic recipe, and I can’t wait to try it!
I made these tonight after finding the recipe on Pinterest & they were a hit! I am a HUGE baked beans lover & haven’t really been able to reproduce beans at home that I have loved at restaurants. This was GREAT! I had to laugh though because it said it feeds 8 & it really fed just 3 of us. not because it didn’t make a lot, we just couldn’t stop eating them LOL This is now going to be my go to bean recipe. Thanks!
I had to come back and comment and say this is still our favorite baked beans recipe. When I tell my son we’re having beans, he always asks “Are they Heidi’s Beans?” 🙂
Haha. Ok that makes me laugh so hard. I’ll have to tell Heidi!
Excellent, thanks a lot for the recipe.
Yes. I must make this pronto.
Baked Beans are such a universal dish – even down here in Sydney, Australia.
Our old college friends from Dublin, Ireland have returned and we sit in the morning sun eating – you guessed it – baked beans.
Nothing much better to start the day.
Great recipe and will be tasting your unique USA baked beans with our Irish friends once their newborn settles. Bravo!