baked beans

American  

plural noun

1. small white dried beans that have been baked, usually with salt pork, brown sugar or molasses, and seasonings.

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baked beans British  

plural noun

1. haricot beans, baked and tinned in tomato sauce

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Etymology

Origin of baked beans

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Hearty Earth ambassador Saman Jamshidifard said his volunteers have started serving portions of kidney and baked beans on surplus sourdough bread at St Frideswide's Church in Oxford.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

The menu: corn soup, beet salad, baked beans, unfermented grape juice, and sliced “protose” with lemon.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Inside over breakfast, the chatter of possible strikes and crew members wolfing down baked beans, fried eggs and mugs of tea.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

They include soft drinks, salty and sugary snacks, ice cream, hamburger, canned baked beans, ketchup, mayonnaise, packaged breads and flavored cereals.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

“For the last time for eight months we really had as much as we could eat. Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture.”

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong