Best-Ever Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage

The Best-Ever Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage is hearty enough to be a full meal, or it can be served as a hearty side dish.

Everyone simply loved baked beans, how can you upgrade baked beans? You can add two different types of sausage to the beans to give them more flavor, and you can turn these into a delicious meal.

What Types of Beans to Use

You can use whatever beans you have on hand. I love to add a variety of beans to this recipe because by layering flavors on top of each other, you get a wonderfully rich dish. For this recipe, I use red beans, pinto beans, and I also use canned baked beans as well. You could easily add canned white beans, black beans, or even Ranch style beans.

What makes this side dish taste like baked beans

This bean recipe has a strong influence on sweet and smoky baked beans. This recipe contains barbecue sauce, onions, mustard powder, and brown sugar. A touch of liquid smoke takes this dish over the edge. Two types of sausage are added. I have used a package of hot breakfast sausage, and 1 pound of smoked link sausage for extra flavor.

Can you cook this recipe in a crock pot

Yes, after you saute the onions and garlic, and cook the breakfast sausage, you can easily place the rest of the ingredients in your crockpot, and heat on low for about 4 hours. I do think this dish tastes better the 2nd day.

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Baked Beans and Smoked Sausage

This best-ever Baked Beans and Smoked Sausage is perfect for a potluck or large family gathering. 

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Baked Beans and Smoked Sausage

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup chopped white onion
• 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pound hot breakfast sausage
• 1 pound smoked link sausage
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard powder
• 14.5 ounces kidney beans
• 29 ounces pinto beans
• 14.5 onces baked beans

Instructions

1. In a large pot, add vegetable oil and heat to medium heat. Add chopped white onion and saute for about 1 1/2 minutes.  Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon on the onions.  Then add garlic, and saute until the onions are translucent.   

2. Remove onions and garlic from pan, and set aside. 

3. Saute breakfast sausage, and cook until no longer pink.   Drain grease. 

4. Add smoked sausage and allow it to brown, saute for two or three minutes.

5. Add barbecue sauce, tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard powder to the pot.  Add at beans and simmer on low for about 45 minutes before serving. 

6. These beans taste better the second day. 

Nutrition Facts

Baked Beans and Smoked Sausage

Amount Per Serving

Calories 452 Calories from Fat 198

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 22g 34%

Saturated Fat 7g 35%

Cholesterol 54mg 18%

Sodium 881mg 37%

Potassium 771mg 22%

Total Carbohydrates 42g 14%

Dietary Fiber 9g 36%

Sugars 14g

Protein 21g 42%

Vitamin A 3.8%

Vitamin C 5%

Calcium 6.6%

Iron 20.7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 12

Calories 452 kcal