Cowboy Beans Recipe
This cowboy beans recipe takes beans to a whole new level with ground beef, bacon, brown sugar and tangy barbecue sauce, a great side dish or for cookouts!
Servings: 12
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
- ½ pound bacon chopped
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 jalapeno peppers chopped (or use a bell pepper for a milder version)
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 pound ground beef 80-20
- ¼ cup bbq sauce use your favorite
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 2 tablespoon molasses
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 16 ounce cans kidney beans (drained)
- 1 16 ounce can butter beans (drained)
- 1 16 ounce can pork and beans
- Hot sauce to taste
- FOR SERVING: Shredded cheese if desired
Instructions
- Heat a large pan or pot to medium heat. A Dutch oven is good for this.
- Cook the bacon in the pan about 5 minutes, or until it becomes nice and crispy. Remove and drain on a paper towel. Remove any excess grease.
- Next, add the chopped onion and peppers. Cook them down 5 minutes to soften.
- Add the ground beef and break it apart with a wooden spoon. Cook it down about 5 minutes to brown it all over, stirring.
- Stir in the garlic and cook another minute, until you can smell that gorgeous garlic.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Stir the bbq sauce, ketchup, mustard, molasses, vinegar, brown sugar, chili powder, and salt and pepper into the mix.
- Stir in all of the beans and reserved bacon. If you’d like a kicked up version, stir in some hot sauce as well.
- Set it into the oven and bake for 1 hour.
- Remove from heat. Top with cheese, if desired, or enjoy it as it! Serve with extra hot sauce!
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Notes
Heat Factor: Mild.
Nutrition
Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 776mg | Potassium: 660mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 5.4mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 3.5mg