Bring a big spoon and make a little room on your plate. These cowboy beans combine ground beef, smoky bacon, and four kinds of beans in a sweet and tangy sauce. Sweet onion brings extra flavor, while apple cider vinegar and dried mustard give the Pioneer Sugars and ketchup a little zip.
Once the meat and onion are browned, this cowboy beans recipe lets the crockpot take over. Four hours of slow cooking give the flavors time to mingle while you get on with your day. Spoon them alongside burgers at a backyard cookout, bring a batch to a potluck, or serve a hearty bowl with cornbread for a family meal.
Instructions:
- Brown the ground beef, onion, and bacon. Drain the excess fat.
- Place in a crockpot with beans, Pioneer Sugars, and the remaining ingredients.
- Cook on high for 4 hours.
- Enjoy with family!
Cook’s Note:
- Use mustard powder: The dried mustard in this recipe means ground mustard powder.
- Keep the pork and bean sauce: Add the entire can. Drain the butter beans, and rinse and drain the kidney and lima beans.
- Drain excess fat: Draining the cooked meat mixture helps keep the finished sauce from becoming greasy.
- Stir gently: Butter beans and lima beans can break apart easily, so fold everything together with a large spoon.
This recipe uses sugar to:
- Balance tanginess: Pioneer Brown Sugar and Granulated Pioneer Sugar soften the sharpness of apple cider vinegar and dried mustard.
- Add depth: The molasses in brown sugar complements the smoky bacon and savory beef.
- Sweeten the sauce: Granulated sugar dissolves into the sauce, distributing sweetness throughout the beans.
- Bring flavors together: Both sugars balance the savory, salty, and tangy ingredients in each spoonful.
Grower Recipes Submitted by:
Julie Leen, Leen Farms LLC, Carsonville, Michigan
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