Slow Cooker Land Your Man Baked Beans is the Vintage recipe of the month!
I found this recipe over at Just a Pinch recipes and had to try it out in my slow cooker. Such a cute story about this recipe over at Just a Pinch. I don’t need a man or ever want to land a new one, even so these beans are sure worth trying. Another funny recipe name that’s similar is blueberry boy bait, that looks like a good recipe too.
Pretty simple ingredients go into these beans. Basically the recipe is doctoring up canned baked beans, which is fine to me because I love the texture and flavor of canned baked beans but they need a few things added to make them great. Below is what the recipe looks like before cooking:
And here is after:
I’m sure I will get a few remarks on social media about why I would cook canned beans even longer. As you can see in the 2 above photos the beans look thicker and have so much flavor after cooking together with the other ingredients. They still have great texture and held up their shape after 7 hours of cooking.
The hot sauce is optional, I used 1 tablespoon of our favorite hot sauce Tapatio and it made these beans have quite the kick, which my husband and I don’t mind. Leave out the hot sauce and make sure to buy mild taco seasoning if you don’t like spicy foods.
You can see my YouTube video of this meal below. You can follow me on YouTube here if you want to see more videos like this one.
This meal can be served as a side dish or is hearty enough to be a main dish with a side of cornbread.
Have a great week. I’m excited to share more summer recipes like this one and will be sharing those in the coming up months! I hope you have a great week.
- 2 (28-oz.) cans Bush® original baked beans
- 1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained
- 7 slices bacon, cooked and sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 Tbsp. mustard
- 1 (1-oz.) pkg. taco seasoning
- 1 Tbsp. Tapitio hot sauce <<< leave this out if you want mild beans
- 6-quart or larger
- Add everything to the slow cooker. Stir.
- Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours, try not to open the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
If you love this recipe try another ground beef recipe from my archives:
- Slow Cooker John Wayne Casserole
- Slow Cooker Shipwreck Stew
- Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak
- Slow Cooker Beef and Potato Au Gratin
- Slow Cooker Hobo Dinner
- Slow Cooker Taco Meatloaf Stuffed Peppers
- Slow Cooker Texas Trash Beef and Bean Dip
- Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs
- Slow Cooker Lipton Onion Meatloaf
- Slow Cooker Chuck Wagon Chili
- Slow Cooker Hamburger Hash
Michaela says
May 5, 2017 at 8:42 amMy mother made blueberry boy bait a lot when I was growing up – it is delicious! Basically a big blueberry muffin. My dad was always pretty pumped when he found out we would be having it at dinner.
Ron says
May 5, 2017 at 3:25 pmLove the recipe, I did though make some substitutions
I used real maple syrup instead of brown sugar
Spicy stone ground mustard
I also cut the ketchup in have and used Thai chili sauce for the other half
Family went crazy for it
Sarah Olson says
May 6, 2017 at 12:08 pmHi Ron, I love what you did with the recipe, it sounds spicy and delicious.
Kathryn says
May 8, 2017 at 3:30 amThis recipe is the same like my grandmother was making. I can`t wait to make it for my nephew.
karen macrury-sweet says
May 15, 2017 at 6:47 amI made the baked beans and it turned out awesome… everyone loved it
Sarah Olson says
May 15, 2017 at 7:09 amThat’s so nice to hear! We really loved the recipe too!
Brenda says
May 17, 2017 at 3:57 pmI’m new to this awesome site…I can’t wait to try all these wonderful, slow cooker/crock pot recipes. I love my crock pot. 🙂
Sarah Olson says
May 17, 2017 at 4:23 pmHi Brenda! You came to the right place!
Betty Cartwright Cawthra says
June 25, 2017 at 11:38 amI am preparing this recipe for dinner tonight. The beans smell amazing and I know my husband will love my selection for dinner. We cheated and already tasted the beans before they simmer all day. Oh my, delicious! Thank you, Sarah Olson.
Rosalynn says
October 5, 2017 at 2:39 pmIf I’m short on time to make this delicious recipe. Can I cook on high for 3-4 hrs? ☺️
Sarah Olson says
October 5, 2017 at 5:27 pmYes! Should be fine!
Brynne says
April 3, 2018 at 6:42 pmThis looks delicious! My husband actually probably wouldn’t care for it, it’s too similar to chili for him to consider it baked beans and it’s too similar to baked beans for him to consider it chili. He’s a difficult guy sometimes XD
Fernanda says
April 22, 2018 at 4:01 pmIf I make half the recipe, do I cut time in half????
Sarah Olson says
April 22, 2018 at 4:44 pmI’d say about 5 on low would work fine.
Sunny Dean says
June 20, 2018 at 11:40 amMade this and DH thought he had died and went to Heaven cuz it was that delicious. Now he wants me to make it all the time. I’ve created a monster Do you have any idea how to do this recipe in the Instant pot??
I’d love to make this in my new IP!
Gloria Ruddle says
December 10, 2018 at 3:12 pmSarah, this was delicious! My husband of 50 years agrees & had seconds. I knew he’d love it! Thank you so much for the recipe. I’ll be sure to try some of your other recipes.