Makes:
8 servings
Total Time:
45 min
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Category:
Side Dishes
Sub Category: Other
what you need
- 1 pound ground chuck
- 1 medium onion
- 1 large bell pepper
- 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2 (1 lb.) cans pork & beans, well drained
- All remaining ingredients are to be measured according to your taste:
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Ground red pepper
- Garlic powder
- Ketchup
- Worcestershire sauce
- Mustard
- Brown sugar
- White corn syrup
- Jalapeno peppers (optional)
- Ground red pepper
make it
Brown ground beef in non-stick skillet with onion and bell pepper. Add salt, pepper, ground red pepper, and garlic powder (NOT GARLIC SALT) to the meat mixture while it cooks. While this is cooking, cook and crumble the bacon.
Pour the beans into a large mixing bowl. Add ketchup, Worcestershire, and mustard, being sure not to add too much mustard to begin with. Also add brown sugar and corn syrup. Toss in crumbled bacon.
Once the ground beef is brown and the onions are translucent, drain this mixture and add to the bean mixture. Stir well and taste. Add additional items to your taste. I like to add jalapeno peppers sprinkled on top.
Pour this mixture into a casserole dish and bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Notes
I call this "kitchen sink" baked beans because I add whatever I have on hand. You can add more sugary items if you like sweet beans, or more heat if you like the spice. You can leave off the ground red pepper and toss in a can of diced tomatoes with green chili peppers before baking. But I would drain the tomatoes and not use as much ketchup, mustard, or Worcestershire so that they aren't too soupy.
