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Blackstone Cowboy Beans – Easy Bacon & Beef Griddle Side Dish

Make easy Blackstone Cowboy Beans with bacon, ground beef, baked beans, BBQ sauce and brown sugar. A sweet and smoky griddle side dish perfect for burgers, brats and backyard cookouts.

Blackstone Cowboy Beans 🔥🥓

Sweet, smoky, savory, and loaded with bacon and ground beef, these Blackstone Cowboy Beans are the kind of side dish that can almost steal the show. They’re perfect alongside smash burgers, brats, grilled chicken, steak, or just about anything coming off the griddle.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25–30 minutes

Servings: 6–8

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef

6 strips bacon, chopped

1 medium yellow onion, diced

2 cans (28 oz each) baked beans

½ cup BBQ sauce

¼ cup ketchup

2 tbsp yellow mustard

¼ cup brown sugar

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp smoked paprika

½ tsp garlic powder

½ tsp black pepper

Optional: diced jalapeño for a little heat

Directions

1. Cook the BaconPreheat your Blackstone Griddle to medium heat. Add the chopped bacon and cook until browned and slightly crispy. Remove the bacon and set aside, leaving a little bacon grease on the griddle.

2. Brown the BeefAdd the ground beef to the bacon grease. Break it apart with your spatula and cook until browned.

3. Add the OnionMix the diced onion into the beef and cook until softened and beginning to caramelize.

4. Build the Cowboy BeansPlace a disposable aluminum pan or griddle-safe pan on the Blackstone. Add the baked beans, cooked beef and onions, bacon, BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire, apple cider vinegar, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and black pepper.

5. Let Them Get Happy 🔥Stir everything together and let the beans simmer over lower heat for about 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until everything is hot, thick, and saucy.

🔥 Bright Spots Pro Tip

Cook the meat on the griddle first! Browning the beef, bacon, and onions directly on the Blackstone gives you those caramelized flavors before everything ever hits the beans. Don’t rush the simmer either—the longer those flavors hang out together, the better these get.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Servings: 6

Cowboy Beans on the Blackstone

There are side dishes… and then there are side dishes that make you forget about whatever they were supposed to be served with. 😂🔥

These Blackstone Cowboy Beans definitely fall into that second category.

Bacon. Ground beef. Baked beans. BBQ sauce. Brown sugar. A little mustard and Worcestershire. You already know where this is going.

What I love about making these on the Blackstone is that you get to build the flavor right on the griddle. Get that bacon crispy, brown the beef, soften those onions, and THEN bring everything together.

Sweet, smoky, a little tangy, and ridiculously hearty.

Put these next to a couple of smash burgers or some brats and you’ve got yourself one heck of a backyard meal.

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