Name: Picnic Baked Beans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 lb. ground beef; 1 small onion (chopped fine); 2 16-oz cans Bush's baked beans; 1/2 cup ketchup; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 2 tablespoons yellow mustard; 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 4-6 slices bacon (cooked and cut into small pieces)

Picnic Baked Beans using Bush’s Baked Beans

What is the one thing everyone loves at a picnic? Picnic Baked Beans! Not just any old can of beans either, the beans that you “Dr.” up a little to turn them into delicious baked beans with a thick and robust BBQ sauce.

These were special beans or “picnic beans” here in Pittsburgh, PA., and summer was just not summer without a bowl of these beans on the picnic table.

Baked beans were a staple of summer dinners, but when you needed something to take to a party or picnic, you would mix ketchup and mustard into the beans with pieces of bacon and onions on top!

This 4th of July or any picnic you might attend, take a bowl of these delicious Picnic Baked Beans.

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Picnic Baked Beans

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Jazz up those canned beans with a few ingredients to make the perfect batch of picnic beans!

Course: Dinner Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Picnic Baked Beans

Servings: 8

Calories: 312 kcal

Author: DinnerPlanner

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion chopped fine
2 16-oz cans Bush's baked beans
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4-6 slices bacon cooked and cut into small pieces

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown ground beef and onions, seasoning lightly with salt and pepper while browning. Pour off excess grease. Stir in beans, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce.
Cook for about 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
Pour into a 9 x 13" casserole dish and top with pieces of bacon and a little onion.
Cover beans with foil and bake for about 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15 to 20 additional minutes.
Beans should be thick and bubbly.

Nutrition Facts

Picnic Baked Beans

Amount Per Serving (8 g)

Calories 312 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 51mg17%

Sodium 859mg37%

Potassium 726mg21%

Carbohydrates 34g11%

Fiber 7g29%

Sugar 11g12%

Protein 21g42%

Vitamin A 75IU2%

Vitamin C 4.7mg6%

Calcium 90mg9%

Iron 4mg22%

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

We always use Bush’s Original Baked Beans in our Picnic Bean Recipe. You just can’t beat these beans in their taste and texture. You can also use a more generic bean if desired, the other “fixins” will make the beans taste like the more expensive beans. You can stock up on the delicious beans here –> Stock up on picnic Bush’s Baked Beans!