Southern BBQ Baked Bean Dip

A skillet filled with cheesy bbq baked bean dip topped with ground meat, bacon, and sliced green onions. A gloved hand lifts a tortilla chip dripping with melted cheese from the dip, while more chips are scattered nearby.

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This Southern BBQ Baked Bean Dip turns classic baked beans into a hot, cheesy appetizer loaded with ground beef, bacon, BBQ sauce, brown sugar, and melted cheese.

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Servings:

Ingredients

8 slices bacon chopped
1 lb ground beef
1 small onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 cans baked beans 28 oz each
½ cup BBQ sauce
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp smoked paprika
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp cayenne pepper optional
1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese divided
½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 green onions sliced
Tortilla chips corn chips, or toasted bread, for serving

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375°F. Add the chopped bacon to a large oven-safe skillet and cook over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon from the skillet and place it on a paper towel-lined plate. Leave about 1 tablespoon of bacon grease in the skillet.
Add the ground beef to the same skillet and cook over medium heat until browned, breaking it apart as it cooks. Drain off any excess grease if needed. Cook ground beef to 160°F; color alone does not establish safe doneness.
Stir in the diced onion and cook for 2–3 minutes, or until softened. Add the minced garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, just until fragrant.
Add the baked beans, BBQ sauce, brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and cayenne pepper if using. Stir until everything is well combined.
Let the mixture simmer for 5–7 minutes so the sauce thickens slightly and the flavors come together.
Stir in half of the cooked bacon and 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese. Mix until the cheese starts to melt into the bean mixture.
Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup cheddar cheese and the Monterey Jack cheese evenly over the top. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 15–20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Check the center of the assembled dip reaches 165°F.
Remove from the oven and top with the remaining crispy bacon and sliced green onions. Serve hot with tortilla chips, corn chips, or toasted bread.

Notes

Drain excess grease after browning the bacon and beef, keeping only the bacon fat needed for the onion; this prevents an oily dip.
Use a thick barbecue sauce and undrained baked beans, then simmer until spoonable before adding the cheese topping.
For less heat, leave out the optional cayenne. Serve with sturdy chips or toasted bread, and keep hot dip at 140°F or above during service.

Estimated nutrition: Per one-eighth dip recipe, generic baked beans with pork, 80/20 beef and eight standard raw bacon slices; all raw meat fat conservatively included although some grease is drained. Chips, bread and optional cayenne excluded. Total sugar is not reported because it is unavailable in the baked-bean reference.

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