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Four cans · crock pot · serves 24
Sarah's Beans
Ground beef and bacon browned off, then four kinds of bean left to go tender in a sweet ketchup-and-mustard sauce.
Units
| Chop the onion finely before anything hits the pan | ||||
| 1 onion — chopped finely | sauté, drainonion + beef | into the poteverything else | cook1 hr minimum | |
| 1 lb ground beef | ||||
| 1/2 lb bacon | cook, chopbacon · fine | |||
| 1/4 cup brown sugar | ||||
| 1/4 cup white sugar | ||||
| 1/2 cup ketchup | ||||
| 1/2 tsp dry mustard | ||||
| 1 can baked beans | ||||
| 1 can kidney beans | ||||
| 1 can butter beans — or white beans | ||||
| 1 can black beans | ||||
Notes from the card
At least an hour
The card sets a floor rather than a time. Go until the beans are tender — longer only helps.
Bacon cooked separately
The grease gets drained from the beef, but the bacon is cooked and chopped on its own before it joins the pot.
Butter or white beans
The card offers either for the third can.
One size
Four tins of beans don't halve, so there are no serving buttons. It's a crock-pot recipe for a crowd by design.