Old Settler Beans

When old man hunger comes knocking at your door you can tell him to take a hike if you've got a pot of beans like this in the oven.

Fashioned from an assortment of canned beans with a hint of added sweetness from sugar and a hefty hit of spice via barbecue sauce and Dijon it's the addition of bacon and hamburger that make it really sing. Great as a main course along with some corn bread or as a side dish with steak or ribs, it's the perfect dish for a potluck or just 2 very hungry people that don't mind leftovers - a lot of leftovers.

The Big Guy can vouch for the fact it makes a darn fine lunch, particularly along with those hot dogs he so loves.

Old Settler Beans (Adapted from Jackson Hole Cooks)

3/4 pound lean ground beef

6 slices bacon, finely chopped

1 large onion, chopped

1 – 16 ounce can pork and beans

1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

1 can pinto (red) beans, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup barbecue sauce

1/4 cup ketchup

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Preheat oven to 350. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium high heat and add chopped bacon. Cook until bacon is starting to crisp and has released some fat into the pot. Add ground beef and cook crumbling until no longer pink. Add onion and continue cooking, stirring occasionally until onion has softened. Add pork and beans, drained and rinsed kidney and pinto beans. Stir in sugars, barbecue sauce, ketchup, chili powder and Dijon. Cover pot and bake for 1 hour. Serves 4 as a main course or 8 as a side dish. Download Old Settler Beans

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Comments

[Mary from Apron Strings & Wedding Rings]

Like your Big Guy, June, I LOVE HOTDOGS! This dish sounds perfect to me. I normally cook a similar one with cocktail hotdogs... But I think this one will top it for Sure! HUGS, Mary L.

[Lea]

Nothing screams fall like a pot-o-beans - enjoy the season my friend!

[June]

Thanks Mary & Lea - we're celebrating fall as well as we can with temperatures in the 90's. What's it like in your neck(s) of the woods?

[tom @ tall clover farm]

June this recipe is right up my alley, especially as of late when I'm in project mode. Feeling more like cooking one day, eating the next three. I love leftovers and this gorgeous pot of goodness just gets better and better, I'm assuming. Cheers and thanks!

[June]

It does get better with time Tom, although eating beans for 3 or 4 days in a row might have Boz and Gracie running for cover! LOL

[Lorraine]

You can never go wrong with a big pot of beans this time of year and there is bacon.

[June]

And home cured bacon to boot! Brag, brag, brag!

[Mary from Apron Strings & Wedding Rings]

Cool here in New England June. But a warm front came in a week ago that has already left its wrath leaving many of us SICK AS DOGS :o((

[June]

Mary - ya' got some company here too! Hope you're feeling better soon.

[Lorraine]

When you get here next summer you guys are going to have to walk me through the process of the home cure.

[June]

Lorraine - you're ON! Can you source out the pork belly and we'll do it ...side bacon and pancetta. Pork loin for back bacon's easy to find!