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Dutch Oven Beans

Dutch Oven Beans — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Total 01:00
Yield 8–12

Ingredients

  • 1 pound bacon
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 large can (53 ounces) pork and beans
  • 1 can (15 ounces) lima beans
  • 1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans
  • 1 can (15 ounces) red beans
  • 1 can (15 ounces) butter beans
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cut bacon into bite-sized pieces and begin cooking in heated Dutch oven.
  2. 2
    Chop onion into ½-inch pieces.
  3. 3
    When bacon is nearly cooked, crumble ground beef and chopped onion into Dutch oven. Cook until onion is translucent.
  4. 4
    Add all the beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir mixture.
  5. 5
    Heat to a simmer and let bubble lightly for 10 or 15 minutes or as long as you can stand it.
  6. 6
    Stir in liquid smoke.
  7. 7
    Taste and adjust with additional ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Liquid Smoke or whatever it takes.
Method
Baking
Cuisine
American

Dietary Information

Gluten Free

Recipe Attribution