A medley of beans and a sweet bacon and brown sugar sauce make this a flavorful comfort dish.

Carson Downing

This take onclassic baked beansshowcases the flavors and textures of five different canned beans.

To rinse the beans, bring up the cans and empty the contents into a colander.

Five bean bake in casserole dish

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Rinse the beans until the water runs clear.

Your beans are now ready and you’ve got the option to continue with the recipe as directed.

What Does This Baked Bean Recipe Taste Like?

Cooking onion, bacon, garlic until bacon is crisp and onion is tender

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The foundation of thisrecipe for baked beansis an aromatic mix of chopped onions, garlic, and bacon.

Sauteing them together first helps meld their flavors and soften their textures.

Continue building flavors with a sweet sauce made from molasses, brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard.

Mixing onion mixture, beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire

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The mustard adds the perfect hint of vinegar while Worcestershire sauce adds a strong umami flavor.

The sweet and tangy sauce is the perfect complement to a mix of hearty beans.

To customize your side dish, swap in your favoritecanned beans.

Transferring to a 3-quart casserole dish

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This versatile recipe is easy to adjust with whatever you have on hand.

Not a fan of lima beans?

Try using pinto or black beans.

Baking until bubbly around the edges

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Don’t have garbanzo beans?

Swap in cannellini beans or great northern beans.

The results will be just as delicious.

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)canred kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1(15.25- to 16-oz.

)canlima beans, rinsed and drained

1(15- to 16-oz.

)canpork and beans in tomato sauce

1(15- to 16-oz.

)cangarbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained

1(15-oz.

Mix well to combine.

Add to Casserole Dish

Transfer the bean mixture to an ungreased 3-quart casserole dish.

Bake and Serve

Bake the beans covered for 1 hour or until bubbly around the edges.

The baked beans can be served right away or at room temperature.

Transfer the mixture to a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker.

2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.