These delicious bbq baked beans with ground beef and bacon are super flavorful and yummy. Cooked first on the stovetop and then baked low and slow in the oven. A classic cookout and bbq side dish for summer grilling.
Slice bacon into 1 1/2-inch pieces. In a large skillet or saucepan, pan fry bacon until fully cooked.
Remove bacon pieces and set aside. Reserve 1 tbsp of bacon grease in skillet and discard the rest of the bacon grease.
Using the same skillet/saucepan, add onions and garlic. Pan fry until onions are translucent and garlic is fragrant, avoid browning/burning them.
Add ground beef to skillet. Break into small pieces. Pan fry until beef is no longer pink-ish in color.
Add bbq sauce, ketchup, brown sugar and dijon mustard to ground beef. Stir to combine.
Add baked beans. Stir to combine and bring to a boil.
Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove beans from heat and transfer to a 9' x 13' rectangular baking dish. Top baked beans with bacon pieces that was set aside earlier.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Crockpot Instructions: Instead of baking bbq baked beans in the oven, transfer them to a crockpot and cook on high for 4 hours. When it is done, transfer to a serving bowl, top it with bacon pieces and serve.