Baked beans with smoky ham and sweet pineapple chunks in the slow cooker are a wonderful side dish!
Pineapple and barbecue sauce go hand in hand in the slow cooker, also try my Pineapple Barbecue Drumsticks or my Hawaiian Chicken.
I found this old ad for “Baked Beans Hawaiian” and knew it would be a perfect recipe to try in the slow cooker. Before making this recipe I hadn’t bought B&M baked beans before. I was pleasantly surprised what great quality they were, they are flavored great and the beans were very glossy and not smashed up.
I chose to brown the ham in a skillet in butter before adding to the slow cooker. It gives it a touch more flavor. If I was in a hurry or camping and didn’t want to dirty an extra dish I would throw the ham in without browning, and it would do fine.
These beans turned out great. I did not add brown sugar like I usually do to baked beans. The pineapple cooks out some juices and sweetens the pot.
Can I use bacon instead of ham?
Yes! If you choose to use bacon be sure to cook and crumble before adding to the slow cooker. Uncooked bacon in the slow cooker is tasteless and greasy.
Love this recipe? Try another one of my baked bean recipes:
- Slow Cooker Land Your Man Baked Beans
- Slow Cooker Root Beer Baked Beans
- Slow Cooker Spicy Cowboy Beans
- Slow Cooker Beanies and Weenies
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Slow Cooker Hawaiian Baked Beans
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker – 5 quart or larger
Ingredients:
- 2 cups diced ham
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 56 oz. B&M Baked Beans (two 28-oz. cans)
- 1 cup minced onion
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 Tbsp. mustard
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 20 oz. can pineapple chunks, drained
Instructions:
- Set a skillet on the stove-top over medium high heat. Melt the butter. Add the ham to the butter and stir around until golden brown. Add to the slow cooker.
- Add the beans, onions, barbecue sauce, mustard, and pepper. Stir.
- Arrange the pineapple chunks on top.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
My grandmother had the newspaper recipe in her recipe box with a note to change from chunks to crushed and instead of ham she used bacon. This was one of our favorites at her table.
I am going to try this. But I am going to substitute the ham with Spam chunks precooked in skillet and browned. I think it will work…
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This looks and sounds amazing, yum!
xx Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
Looks yummy and sounds easy!