Cowboy Beans

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    1 hr

  • Total Time

    1 hr 10 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    432 kcal

  • Course

    Side Dish

  • Cuisine

    American

Cowboy Beans

These cowboy beans make for a hearty dinner that any hungry cowboy or cowgirl would love. Loaded with beef and beans in a sweet and savory sauce, it's hard to go wrong here.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 pound thick sliced bacon
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 1 small Jalapeño minced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
  • 45 ounces canned baked beans see notes
  • 15 ounces canned pork and beans
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Dice the bacon into bite-sized pieces and place in a 4-6 quart dutch oven over medium heat. Fry the bacon until crisp, stirring often, and remove from the pan with a slotted spoon.
  3. Drain off about half of the bacon grease and then add the beef to the pot. Brown the beef in the bacon grease, crumbling the meat up as it cooks.
  4. Once the beef is about halfway cooked through, add the onion, jalapeno, and garlic and continue cooking until the beef is cooked through.
  5. Drain any excess grease from the pot.
  6. Add half of the bacon to the pot with the beef and sprinkle on the chili powder, salt, and pepper. Stir to coat in the seasonings.
  7. Add the canned beans, ketchup, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, mustard, worcestershire sauce, and vinegar to the pot and stir well to combine.
  8. Sprinkle the remaining bacon over the top and place in the oven. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
  9. Serve hot.

Notes

  • Spice: This recipe isn’t very spicy as written, but you can keep it more mild by removing the seeds and membranes from the jalapeno or leaving it out entirely. For more spice, add more jalapeno.
  • Canned Beans: We like to use a variety of canned baked beans and usually grab 2 20-ish ounce cans of different varieties and just mix and match. Anywhere between 40 to 50 ounces of beans will be perfect for this amount of seasoning/sauce.
  • Our preferred beans are Bush’s Grilling Beans, but any variety you love will work. Do not drain off the sauce. We use pork and beans that are in a tomato sauce. Do not drain the sauce.
  • BBQ Sauce: Any variety of barbecue sauce is fine. We usually go for a thick, sweet sauce, like Sweet Baby Ray’s or our homemade bourbon BBQ sauce.
  • Sweetness: Before transferring the beans to the oven, taste and add additional brown sugar if you like sweeter beans.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 432kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 35g (12%) Protein 19g (38%) Fat 25g (38%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Monounsaturated Fat 11g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 62mg (21%) Sodium 1383mg (58%) Potassium 690mg (20%) Fiber 8g (32%) Sugar 5g (10%) Vitamin A 260IU (5%) Vitamin C 6mg (7%) Calcium 98mg (10%) Iron 4mg (22%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 432 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 432kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 35g 12%
Protein 19g 38%
Fat 25g 38%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Monounsaturated Fat 11g 55%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 62mg 21%
Sodium 1383mg 58%
Potassium 690mg 15%
Fiber 8g 32%
Sugar 5g 10%
Vitamin A 260IU 5%
Vitamin C 6mg 7%
Calcium 98mg 10%
Iron 4mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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