BBQ Bens Barbecue Beans

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09 Sep 2025

Outback Barbecues BBQ Beans

15/20 mins | easy | Serves 12

Ingredients

  • 4 tins of Baked Beans
  • 200g of Bacon Lardons
  • 50g Chopped Onions or Shallots
  • 1 Tbsp of BBQ Ben General Rub
  • 300ml (10½ fl oz) barbecue sauce
  • 50g (2oz) brown sugar

Directions

1.

Fry bacon lardons and onions

Combine onions and bacon lardons, frying until golden brown (approx. 5 minutes)

2.

Cook beans in saucepan

Add tins of beans to saucepan and put on hob.

3.

Season to taste

Add brown sugar, seasoning rub and BBQ sauce, mixing well.

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4.

Add onions & bacon

Combine onion and bacon lardons to baked beans. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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5.

Serve

Serve your delicious side dish!

BBQ beans are a perfect accompaniment to our T-Bone Steak and Plantain recipes.

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Recipe Author

Recipe Author

BBQ Ben

Ben Bartlett, AKA BBQ Ben has been appointed as Brand Ambassador for Outback. The partnership between BBQ Ben and Outback creates a platform for superb brand awareness of a fantastic barbecue product. The combination of Ben’s creative and innovative culinary expertise around BBQ cooking used on the Outback range of hybrid, gas and charcoal barbecues is a winner that barbecuers will all benefit from. Britain’s Best BBQ’er, Ben Bartlett BBQ Ben is one of the UK’s foremost demonstration chefs and author of several notable cookery books. His first book “The BBQ Manual” published by Haynes is available in 75 countries and his latest book “Australian & British BBQ Secrets” is written with top Australian Chef Ross Yarranton. He was the first winner of Britain’s Best BBQer and regularly appears on television and radio. Ben’s TV appearances include This Morning, Ready Steady Cook, BBC Breakfast TV and Good Morning America. His award-winning “BBQ Ben Original BBQ Sauce” has won GOLD at The Taste of The West Awards. He is a Board Member of the Master Chefs of Great Britain and Director and Ambassador for Love British Food. Recipe by Ben Bartlett ©2025 Chef Ambassador for Outback Barbecues

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