Cowboy Beans
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Cowboy Beans
Description
This Cowboy Beans recipe starts by crisping chopped bacon, which imparts smoky flavor and grease to cook onions until tender. Garlic and ground beef added to the pot are browned and crumbled, creating a savory base. Excess grease is drained to avoid greasiness.
Then, multiple beans—pork and beans, cannellini, and kidney beans—are combined in the pot along with the cooked bacon. The sauce ingredients—barbecue sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and apple cider vinegar—are added and gently mixed. Baking the mixture in the oven helps meld the flavors and thicken the sauce, resulting in a rich, slightly sweet, tangy, and smoky bean casserole.
Serve Cowboy Beans as a side to grilled meats or barbecue dishes, or enjoy them on their own as a hearty vegetarian-adjusted stew if omitting meat options. The baking step deepens the flavor and softens the bean texture for a comforting dish suitable for gatherings.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Bacon I used thick but applewood bacon, chopped
- 1 yellow onion diced, small
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound ground beef lean
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 pork and beans canned 15 oz, not drained
- 1 cannellini beans canned 15 oz, drained
- 1 Kidney Beans canned 15 oz, drained
- 1 cup barbecue sauce I used Sweet Baby Rays
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large dutch oven or heavy bottom pot add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Leave some bacon grease in the bottom and add the onion. Cook until almost tender.
- Add in the garlic and ground beef and cook and crumble ground beef until no longer pink. Drain excess grease.
- Add in cooked bacon, chili powder, salt, pepper, pork and beans, cannellini beans, kidney beans, barbecue sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire, apple cider vinegar, and stir just until incorporated.
- Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 437 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 437kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 52g | 17% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 62mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 1591mg | 66% |
| Potassium | 817mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 469IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 102mg | 10% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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