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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
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings: 6