Description
Slow-cooked richness in a fast-paced world, this hearty recipe is sure to add comfort and satisfy the largest of appetites. You’d swear it was almost homemade.
Ingredients
- 1 pound thick-cut bacon
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 ⅓ cups brown sugar
- ½ cup barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray’s® Honey)
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 (28 ounce) can baked beans (such as Bush’s Original®)
- 2 (16 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 (16 ounce) cans Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 (16 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned
- about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels; reserve about 2 tablespoons bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble bacon and transfer to a slow cooker.
- Cook and stir ground beef and onion in bacon drippings in skillet over medium heat until beef is browned and crumbly
- 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer ground beef mixture to the slow cooker.
- Mix brown sugar
- barbeque sauce
- ketchup
- mustard
- molasses
- liquid smoke flavoring
- black pepper
- and chili powder in a bowl; pour over ground beef-bacon mixture. Stir well. Add baked beans
- kidney beans
- Great Northern beans
- and pinto beans; mix well.
- Cook on Low for 6 hours; refrigerate overnight for 8 hours. Reheat in slow cooker until warmed
- at least 1 hour.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 7 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 15 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 16