Baked Meaty Beans Recipe
- 1 pound thick cut bacon
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 pound sage pork sausage
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup real maple syrup
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup chipotle sauce
- 1 (16 ounce) can baked beans
- 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans
- 1 (16 ounce) can black beans
- 1 (16 ounce) can pinto beans
- 1 (16 ounce) can great Northern beans
- 1 (16 ounce) can cannellini beans
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- salt to taste
- 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 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 20 minutes, stirring often.
- Mix bacon, baked beans, kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, great Northern beans and cannellini beans into Dutch oven. Continue cooking 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 Dutch oven on prepared baking sheet on lowest rack of preheated oven. Bake 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
