Hearty Cowboy Baked Beans
This amazing baked beans recipe uses six different kinds of beans, bacon, ground beef or turkey and is smothered in a wonderful sauce with barbecue sauce, liquid smoke and cinder vinegar for superb taste. Great for potlucks and summer holiday menus.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef cooked and drained; ground turkey can also be substituted
- 1/2 to 1 lb. bacon cut in 1-2” segments
- 15 oz. can lima beans rinsed and drained
- 15 oz. can red beans rinsed and drained; I like these better than kidney beans
- 15 oz. can butter beans drained
- 2 large cans Bush’s pork ‘n beans, with brown sugar or honey DO NOT DRAIN (about 36-48-oz. each)
- 15 oz. can navy beans rinsed and drained, or great northern beans
- 15 oz. can black beans rinsed and drained, or 1 can pinto or chili beans, or you can use all 3 if you like!
- 16 oz. bottle KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce or Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce or your favorite BBQ sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 tbsp. liquid smoke
- 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp. minced garlic I buy the stuff in the jar
- 1 large onion diced, or 2 small onions, chopped
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
Instructions
- Brown ground beef and bacon.
- Drain.
- In large Dutch Oven or roaster combine all the ingredients.
- Cook on medium heat about an hour.
- Or you can put in your crockpot.
- Cook about 3 hours on high, or 8-10 hours on low.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
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