baked meaty beans

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 pound thick cut bacon
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 pound sage lamb 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
• 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
• 1/2 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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• place bacon in a dutch oven over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. drain, crumble and set aside.
• place beef, sausage and garlic in 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 20 minutes, stirring often.
• mix bacon, baked beans, kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, great northern beans and cannellini beans into dutch oven. continue cooking 20 minutes.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. season beans with chili powder and salt.
• place dutch oven on prepared baking sheet on lowest rack of preheated oven. bake 30 minutes. let stand 10 minutes before serving.