Cowboy Beans

By á-4488

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound lean bacon
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 large onion
• 1/4 cup green pepper, diced
• 1 16 oz. can porn 'n beans
• 1 16 oz. can red kidney beans
• 1 16 oz. can butter beans
• 1 8 oz. can lima beans
• 1 16 oz can northern beans
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 dry mustard
• 1/4 cup molasses or maple sugar
• 1 jar barbecue sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Cut bacon into bits and brown in a large skillet. Remove bacon from rendered fat and set aside. In the bacon drippings, saute the onion and pepper until tender. Add the ground beef and brown slightly. Put the meats into the bottom of a crock pot. Add the pork 'n beans with the liquid on them. Drain most of the juice off of the remaining cans of beans and add them with the remaining ingredients to the crock pot. Mix all well. Cook on high for 1 hour to get heated through, then lower heat to low and allow to cook for 5-6 hours stirring from time to time.