Name: Cowboy Beans Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 lb Bacon; 1 lb Ground Beef; 1 Large Onion; 32 oz kidney beans; 16 oz pinto beans; 16 oz Great Northern beans; 32 oz pork and beans; For Sauce:; 1⅓ cup cup tomato sauce; ½ cup brown sugar; ½ cup barbecue sauce; ⅓ cup ketchup; 3 tbsp cider vinegar; 2 tbsp Yellow Mustard; 1 tbsp chili powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp pepper

Cowboy Beans Recipe

How To Make Cowboy Beans

Serve these cowboy beans as a side dish or even an entree. It’s a mix of beans, beef, and bacon topped with a rich tomato-barbecue sauce.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 20 minutes

Total: 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1lbbacon,divided
1lbground beef
1large onion,diced
32ozkidney beans,(2 cans), drained and rinsed
16ozpinto beans,(1 can), drained and rinsed
16ozgreat northern beans,(1 can), drained and rinsed
32ozpork and beans,(2 cans)

For Sauce:

1⅓cupcup tomato sauce
½cupbrown sugar
½cupbarbecue sauce,plus 2 tbsp for topping
⅓cupketchup
3tbspcider vinegar
2tbspyellow mustard
1tbspchili powder
1tspsalt,or to taste
1tsppepper,or to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Set half of the uncooked bacon aside for topping. Cook the remaining half of the bacon over medium heat until crisp.
Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Drain all fat except 1 tablespoon. Crumble bacon.
Add ground beef and onion to the same pan and cook over medium heat until no pink remains, drain any fat.
Combine all ingredients in a 9×13-inch pan and mix well.
Top with remaining uncooked bacon and brush bacon with remaining bbq sauce.
Bake uncovered 45 to 50 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
Prepare recipe as above except cook all bacon until crisp. Set half of the crisp bacon aside for topping.
Combine all remaining ingredients and place in a 6-quart slow cooker.
Cover and cook on High for 2 to 3 hours or on Low for 4 to 5 hours.
Top with reserved bacon before serving.