Ultimate Baked Beans with Smoked Sausage

Ingredients

• 12 strips thick cut bacon chopped
• 1 large yellow onion diced
• 2 tbsp. yellow mustard
• 1/2 tsp. hot sauce
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1/2 tsp. of salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs. smoked sausage kielbasa sliced
• 3 16 ounce cans of bushes baked beans
• 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a oven-safe dutch oven over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp.
3. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper-towel lined plate to absorb any extra grease.
4. Saute onions in the bacon grease remaining in the dutch oven until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Add minced garlic and sliced smoked sausage and continue to cook another 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Add pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, apple cider vinegar, yellow mustard, salt & pepper and hot sauce to the pan and stir to combine.
6. Continue cooking until mixture is simmering, then place the dutch oven into the preheated oven and bake for 50-55 minutes.
7. ENJOY!