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Firehouse Baked Beans

Course: Outdoor Cooking, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bacon, beans, butter beans, ground beef, onions
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 5 hours
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 1130kcal
Author: Sage and Plow Favorites
This recipe is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. It has been featured at every barbecue and summer get-together of ours for decades. Impossible not to go back for seconds (or thirds)!
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Equipment

  • 1 slow cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
  • 3/4 lb bacon
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1 can kidney beans drained and rinsed
  • 2 cans pork and beans
  • 1 can butter beans
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup honey Any sweetener works--brown sugar, honey, molasses, coconut sugar, etc.
  • 1 Tbsp liquid smoke
  • 3 Tbsp Tbsps vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Brown bacon and hamburger together in slow cooker.
  • Add other ingredients and slow cook at 300 degrees for 4-6 hours.

Notes

You can substitute the canned kidney beans for 1.5 cups of cooked kidney beans.
You can substitute the canned butter beans for 1.5 cups of cooked lima beans.

Nutrition

Calories: 1130kcal | Carbohydrates: 132g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 22g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 2307mg | Potassium: 1801mg | Fiber: 21g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 227IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 10mg

From our Sage and Plow family to yours.