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Dutch Oven Beans

Dutch Oven Beans — a bean recipe, 14 ingredients, about 60 min.

Serves 8 · 60 min · Bean

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Ingredients

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  • 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
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 can (15 ounces) butter beans → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

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

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0