Dad Approved Crockpot Baked Beans with Sausage
Dad and kid approved Crockpot baked beans with sausage and low sugar. Perfect as a treat for a diabetic. The addition of ground beef or sausage creates a full meal.
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Supply List
- 1 lb dried great northern beans
- 1/2 lb thick bacon slices chopped we cheated and used microwavable back / no mess!
- 2 large onions chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced we used 3 small spoonfuls of jarred minced garlic to save time
- 2 cups Heinz No Sugar added ketchup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar free maple syrup
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 cup ground sausage
Instructions : Step by Step
- Sort beans and rinse with cold water, cover beans with water (about 2 inches) in dutch oven/pot on stove and bring to a boil. Boil for 2-3 minutes and remove from heat. Cover and let sit for 1 hour until beans are soft. Drain and rinse beans. Then repeat boiling process. Add drained beans back to the dutch oven, add 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, remove from heat, cover and let sit for an hour until beans are tender.
- In a large skillet, cook bacon and once cooked, place on paper towels reserving 2 tsp of drippings. (If you buy the microwave bacon, skip this step and proceed to sauteing onion.)
- Add 1 tsp olive oil to skillet and saute onion until tender.
- Add garlic, cook one minute longer
- Stir in ketchup, brown sugar, syrup, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper (1/3 cup molasses optional)
- Drain beans reserving 1 - 2 cups cooking liquid.
- Add all ingredients to crockpot stirring gently.
- Add desired amount of cooking liquid based on thickness preference. My mom used 1 cup reserved cooking liquid
- Cook on low in crockpot for 3.5 - 4 hours stirring occasionally
Tips
This recipe was adapted from a 2017 Crockpot magazine which originally called for stovetop cooking in a dutch oven. We omitted the molasses and used less brown sugar, substituting with Sugar Free Maple Syrup.