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The Best Gluten Free Baked Beans Recipe

These gluten free and dairy free baked beans are the perfect sweet yet savory side dish to serve all summer long! These slow cooked beans are smothered in a maple brown sugar sauce making these the perfect gluten free side dish.

It’s warming up outside and that means it’s time for picnics, BBQs and family gatherings. Often, when you are on a restricted diet such as gluten and dairy free, it can feel challenging coming up with crowd pleasing dishes to serve.

Ingredients need to make Gluten Free Baked Beans

Ingredients needed to make gluten free free baked beans
  • Avocado oil: Any oil of your preference will work.
  • Onion: I prefer white or yellow for this recipe.
  • Minced garlic
  • Bacon
  • Tomato Paste
  • Ketchup 
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Brown Sugar
  • Molasses
  • Maple Syrup
  • Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • Great Northern Beans: You can sub with a different small white bean if you don’t have these.

How to Make Gluten and Dairy Free Baked Beans

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a large skillet on medium heat add the avocado oil, onion, and garlic

In a large skillet on medium heat add the avocado oil, onion, and garlic

Saute until the onions are translucent and then add the bacon. Cook the bacon for 5-6 minutes

Saute until the onions are translucent and then add the bacon. Cook the bacon for 5-6 minutes

Add the tomato paste, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, and maple syrup, sea salt, and pepper. Stir and blend well.

Add the tomato paste, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, and maple syrup, sea salt, and pepper.
Stir and blend well.

Slowly add the beans and cover the beans with the sauce.

Slowly add the beans and cover the beans with the sauce.

Turn off the heat, cover the dutch oven with the lid, or transfer the beans to a baking dish, cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 60 minutes.

Turn off the heat, cover the dutch oven with the lid, or transfer the beans to a baking dish
transfer the beans to a baking dish, cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 60 minutes.
Dairy free baked beans

Are Baked Beans Gluten Free?

Most Bush’s Baked Beans are gluten free, check there website for certainty. Making your baked beans from scratch ensures their safety as well. Not all baked beans are gluten free. Read your labels diligently.

What to eat with baked beans

We love to bbq with our baked beans, some of our favorites are Burgers, Ribs, Grilled Chicken, Hot Dogs/Sausages.

Gluten Free Baked Beans Recipe

Gluten Free Baked Beans

These gluten free and dairy free baked beans are the perfect sweet yet savory side dish to serve all summer long! These slow cooked beans are smothered in a maple brown sugar sauce making these the perfect gluten free side dish.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dairy free baked beans, gluten free baked beans
Servings: 8
Calories: 217kcal

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. avocado oil
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 tbsp. minced garlic
  • 5 slices bacon cut into cubes
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 3 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • 3 15.5 oz cans great northern beans

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a dutch oven or large skillet on medium heat add the avocado oil, onion, and garlic.
  • Saute until the onions are translucent and then add the bacon.
  • Cook the bacon for 5-6 minutes.
  • Add the tomato paste, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, and maple syrup, sea salt, and pepper.
  • Stir and blend well. Slowly add the beans and cover the beans with the sauce.
  • Turn off the heat and cover the dutch oven with a lid or transfer the beans to a baking dish, cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 60 minutes.

Notes

You can sub the Great Northern Beans for whatever small white bean you have (other than chickpeas). 

Nutrition

Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 472mg | Potassium: 363mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 170IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg
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