Baked Meaty Beans

I made these baked meaty beans for my nephew’s barbecue cookout. I received praise from everyone, even my mother. She always claims that I add too much to my cooking. I showed her.

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings: 20

Ingredients

• 1 pound thick cut bacon
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• ½ pound sage pork sausage
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup real maple syrup
• 1 cup ketchup
• ¼ cup prepared yellow mustard
• ½ cup chipotle sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) can baked beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can black beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can pinto beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can great Northern beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can cannellini beans
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• salt to taste

Steps

1. Place bacon in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
2. Place beef, sausage, and garlic in a Dutch oven and cook over medium-high heat until well done. Drain grease. Mix in onion and cook until tender. Stir in brown sugar, syrup, ketchup, mustard, and chipotle sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low. Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes, stirring often.
3. Mix bacon, baked beans, kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, great Northern beans, and cannellini beans in a Dutch oven. Continue cooking for 20 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Season beans with chili powder and salt.
5. Place the Dutch oven on a prepared baking sheet on the lowest rack of a preheated oven. Bake for 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.