When I was a kid, my mom used to cook this. For a family of six, it was a cost-effective lunch. Moreover, it is rich in protein.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 hrs |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound bacon
- 1 cup chopped onion
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1 (15 ounce) can baked beans with pork
- 3 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, turning as needed. Remove to paper towels and drain off the grease from the skillet. Crumble the ground beef into the same skillet; cook and stir over medium heat until evenly browned. Add the onions and cook just until wilted.
- Transfer the beef, onions and bacon to a slow cooker, crumbling the bacon as you put it in. Pour in the baked beans and pinto beans. Stir in the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, white sugar and mustard powder. Cover and heat on Low setting for 5 to 6 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 509 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 67 g |
| Cholesterol | 59 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 1143 mg |
| Sugars | 42 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Yuck!! Very bland. My husband’s bean recipe is similar and much better.
Did not like, little disappointed just not my style
too sweet. my family refused to eat
Good! A change from a typical chili. I left out all sugar to keep carbs lower and substituted some diced jalapeño for flavor. Didn’t have baked beans so used a can of black beans. Cooked it on stovetop. Topped it with a swirl of sour cream. Proofing this, it’s beginning to sound like I’m creating a whole different recipe, which is one of my peeves in reviews! I think what I ate still captures the essence of this recipe, though. (I hope!) it was very tasty!
Made it pretty much as is, and my family really liked it. My daughter kept ‘sneaking’ leftovers! Would make a great BBQ side dish.
I made this with ground turkey, turkey sausage instead of bacon and without the sugar with some good ole cornbread!
Watch the amount of sugar
it was to sweet for us.
It was too sweet for a main meal.
Pretty goo but a tad bit too sweet,next time I think I will skip the white sugar. Other than that pretty hearty.
Awesome recipe… Used 1 cup of brown sugar instead of white sugar and used mustard as I didn’t have mustard seed. Also substituted beans for kidney as I had no pinto. Will make again.
I misplaced my recipe and glad to find it here. Our family get together always includes these beans. Instead of using the 6 hrs crockpot I bake them in the oven 40 mins, then tranfer them to the crockpot. Instead of the pinto beans I use kidney beans.
I stumbled upon this recipe while looking for things to fix before a camping trip then put in the crockpot while on vacation. This recipe worked perfectly for what I needed and everyone loved it! I fed it to a bunch of hungry ATV riders and my picky kids and it was a hit with all of them. It’s a hearty, filling recipe that just hits the spot. Thanks for sharing a great & easy recipe.
Like others, I omit the sugar. This is a winter Sunday favorite. I cook and mix it up Sat evening, put in crock pot before church and by half-time, it is ready to eat with cornbread muffins. Yum!
I ended up having to change a lot for this recipe to work for my sweets-averse family: 1) Eliminate the white sugar entirely. 2) Increase the mustard powder to 2.5 tsps, increase the vinegar to 3/4 cup, and add 1/2 cup of Worcestershire and 1/2 of a bottle of beer (I used Dos Equis–it’s what was in the house). The beer makes the flavors “meld” together in a way that wasn’t possible with the first rendition I made of this.
I did not care for this recipe.
I did not care for this recipe.
i didnt care for it, but my husband really liked it.
Great dish for pot luck or bbq.
I enjoyed this beef/bean dish though I wasn’t sure what to think of it when I first saw the name of the recipe. I reduced the white sugar to about 1/4 c. though I think it would have been fine without the white sugar. I might also consider adding a little liquid smoke to the dish the next time. I served it over roasted potatoes initially and served the leftovers over cornbread. Both options went well with the dish.
Put this in your recipe box. This one is a real keeper. I took it to a potluck and I had so many people come up to me and ask me for the recipe, that’s how good this dish is.