Healthy Homemade Baked Beans (sugar-free!)

Ready in one hour with just one pot, these Healthy Homemade Baked Beans are the BEST baked beans recipe because of the sweet and spicy homemade sauce with hidden pieces of savory bacon. They're also naturally gluten-free and refined sugar-free.

Prep:

10

minutes

Cook:

50

minutes

Total:

60

minutes

Servings:

6

Ingredients

  • 2 cans pinto beans, drained
  • 1 shallot, diced
  • 3 strips Jennie-O turkey bacon, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 8 oz. tomato sauce
  • ¼ C Stubb's Spicy BBQ Sauce
  • ¼ C apple cider vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp sugar-free maple syrup
  • 1½ Tbsp dijon
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire
  • 1 Tbsp Stevia
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ¼ tsp pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet or pot to medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Saute the bacon, shallots, and garlic for 5-7 minutes until fragrant. Turn down the heat to low.
  2. Add in all the remaining ingredients to the pot and mix until well combined. Cover with a lid and cook for 40 minutes.
  3. Remove the lid and cook uncovered for another 10 minutes to reduce the sauce. Serve warm with your favorite dish.
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Notes

Nutrition facts are a calculated estimate of 1/2 cup of baked beans.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 cup / Calories: 171 / Fat: 1.3g / Saturated Fat: 0.3g / Sodium: 570mg / Carbohydrates: 32.1g / Fiber: 6.8g / Sugar: 5.4g / Protein: 10.1g

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