Baked Beans with Beef

This is the best baked beans with beef recipe I’ve ever known. Great with any main dish but especially with barbecue beef, pork, or chicken. The slow cooker does an amazing job with these beans.

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs 15 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 20

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 pound peppered bacon
• 7 (28 ounce) cans baked beans (such as Bush’s Original)
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can light red kidney beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans, drained
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup prepared yellow mustard
• ¼ cup soy sauce

Steps

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and onion; cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Transfer beef mixture to a slow cooker.
2. Cook bacon in the same skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Crumble into small pieces; add to the slow cooker.
3. Add baked beans, black beans, light and dark kidney beans, great northern beans, sugar, mustard, and soy sauce to the slow cooker; stir to combine with beef mixture and bacon.
4. Cover slow cooker; cook on Medium until flavors meld, about 4 hours.