Bourbon Baked Beans

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 3 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

½ cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon ground paprika

1 teaspoon dry mustard

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 (12 fl oz) can caffeinated pepper-type soda (such as Dr Pepper)

¾ cup ketchup

¼ cup Worcestershire sauce

8 slices bacon

1 large onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

¼ cup bourbon

2 (16 ounce) cans baked beans with pork

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Mix brown sugar, paprika, mustard, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk in pepper soda, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce until brown sugar is dissolved.

Cut 4 slices of bacon into small strips. Cook and stir in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until almost crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, reserving bacon grease.

Stir onion into the bacon grease in the Dutch oven; cook and stir until soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in bourbon, stirring to scrape up browned bits off the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon strips back in.

Pour brown sugar mixture and baked beans into the Dutch oven. Simmer until beans are heated through, about 15 minutes. Arrange remaining 4 slices of bacon on top of the beans.

Bake in the preheated oven, covered, until beans are bubbly and sauce is syrupy, about 2½ to 3 hours.

Nutrition

• Calories: 306 kcal
• Total Fat: 6 g
• Saturated Fat: 2 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 18 mg
• Sodium: 929 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 52 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6 g
• Total Sugars: 30 g
• Protein: 10 g