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Old-fashioned calico beans with beef and bacon

Calico Beans

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Three beans baked with ground beef and bacon in a sweet and tangy brown sugar sauce.

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 lb bacon chopped
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1 can pork and beans 28 oz, undrained
  • 1 can kidney beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can butter beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 350°F.
  • In a large skillet, cook the bacon until crisp. Remove it and pour off most of the fat. Cook the ground beef and onion in the skillet until the beef is browned and no pink remains. Drain the fat.
  • In a 3-quart baking dish, stir together the beef, bacon, all the beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and vinegar.
  • Bake uncovered 1 hour, until thick and bubbly. Or cook in a slow cooker on LOW 4 hours.

Notes

Refrigerate within 2 hours, up to 4 days, or freeze up to 3 months.

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Keyword calico beans, potluck beans, three bean bake