Hearty and Delicious Cowboy Beans
This hearty Cowboy Beans recipe is amped up baked beans with ground beef, bacon, BBQ sauce, bell pepper, and onions-- then baked until thick. It's a perfect side dish to any meal.
Servings 12 servings
Equipment
- 4-quart oven safe pot like a Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium yellow onion diced (approximately 1 cup)
- 1 green bell pepper diced (approximately 1 cup)
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- ¼ cup brown sugar this is optional – you could omit
- 2 cans 28 ounces each baked beans, we used Bush's Original Baked Beans
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a 4 quart, heavy bottom, oven-safe pot (like a Dutch oven) over medium heat, add ground beef, onion, bell pepper, garlic salt, and onion powder. Cook until the hamburger is no longer pink. Drain the excess liquid.
- Add cooked bacon crumbles, brown sugar, baked beans, barbecue sauce, and dijon mustard. Stir to incorporate all ingredients.
- Cover and bake for 1 hour. (When done, the beans should be hot and bubbly and thickened.) Serve warm.
Notes
Recipe source: I am Homesteader