Beefed-Up Baked Beans and Bacon Recipe

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat turning occasionally until crispy 10 to 12 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cool enough to handle.

Cook onion in the bacon grease over medium heat until soft about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant about 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture (including bacon grease) to a slow cooker.

Cook and stir ground beef in the same skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker.

Add pork and beans kidney beans butter beans ketchup brown sugar Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke to the slow cooker.

Cook on Low for 4 hours. Serve with crumbled bacon on top.