Baked Meaty Beans
These meaty baked beans are an ideal barbecue side. Start with bacon, ground beef, and sausage and finish with a variety of beans, chipotle, and maple syrup for a touch of sweetness.
Ingredients
Method
- 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 a 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 for 20 minutes, stirring often.
- Mix bacon, baked beans, kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, great Northern beans, and cannellini beans in a Dutch oven. Continue cooking for 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 the Dutch oven on a prepared baking sheet on the lowest rack of a preheated oven. Bake for 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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