Baked Meaty Beans

This is a recipe that I made for my nephew's barbecue cookout. I received praise from everyone, even my mother. She always claims that I add too much to my cooking. I showed her.

Baked Meaty Beans

Course: Side dishCuisine: European
Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

1

minute
Additional Time

10

minutes
Total Time

1 hr 50 mins

Servings

20

Ingredients

  • 1 pound — thick cut bacon

  • 1 pound — lean ground beef

  • ½ pound — sage pork sausage

  • 1 clove — garlic, crushed

  • 1 large — onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

  • 1 cup — dark brown sugar

  • 1 cup — real maple syrup

  • 1 cup — ketchup

  • ¼ cup — prepared yellow mustard

  • ½ cup — chipotle sauce

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — baked beans

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — kidney beans

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — black beans

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — pinto beans

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — great Northern beans

  • 1 (16 ounce) can — cannellini beans

  • 1 tablespoon — chili powder

  • — salt to taste

Directions

  • Place bacon in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
  • Place beef, sausage, and garlic in Dutch oven and cook over medium-high heat until well done. Drain grease. Mix in onion and cook until tender. Stir in brown sugar, syrup, ketchup, mustard, and chipotle sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low. Bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes, stirring often.
  • Mix bacon, baked beans, kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, great Northern beans, and cannellini beans into Dutch oven. Continue cooking 20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Season beans with chili powder and salt.
  • Place Dutch oven on prepared baking sheet on lowest rack of preheated oven. Bake 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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