Calico Baked Beans
These delicious baked beans use several kinds of beans and are cooked up in a delicious sweet and savory sauce that's wonderful. Great for backyard barbecues and grilling out. This recipe is gluten free if your pork 'n beans are gluten free.
Equipment
- 1 large skillet
- 1 hamburger chopper to cut meat down in small pieces while frying
- 1 9x13" glass baking dish
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 wooden spoon or spatula (or both)
- 1 can opener
Ingredients
- 1 lb. 93% or 96% lean ground beef Or use ground turkey
- 1 lb. thick-sliced bacon cut up in one inch slices
- 1 cup onion diced
- 15 oz. can kidney beans rinsed and drained
- 15 oz. can butter beans rinsed and drained
- 36 oz. can Van Camp pork & beans with sauce do not drain
- 15 oz. can lima beans rinsed and drained (I used frozen lima beans)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 tbsp. white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tsp. Salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Brown beef and bacon in skillet or Dutch oven.
- Chop the beef with a hamburger chopper while frying to break it up into small pieces.
- Add onions and cook until softened.
- Drain off grease.
- Add beans, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, ketchup, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour ingredients into a greased 9x13" baking dish
- Bake 40-45 minutes, uncovered, at 350°.
- Stir beans before serving.
Notes
NOTE: I like to add a can of lima beans and one of any of the following: pinto, black, navy or cannelloni beans.
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Nutrition
Calories: 482kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 26gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 888mgPotassium: 1059mgFiber: 12gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 174IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 92mgIron: 5mg
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