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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

If supermarkets reduced the price of long-life items like baked beans, shoppers might be tempted to buy their year's supply in December, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

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