Calico beans

Name: Calico beans
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: alot
Ingredients: 2 can(s) large bushes baked beans ... original baked flavor, turns out best; 2 can(s) butter beans or lima beans ...drained; 2 can(s) light kidney beans ... drained; 1 lb bacon ... fried out crisp; 1/2 c ketchup; 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 Tbsp yellow mustard; dash(es) salt n pepper to taste; 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 c chopped onion

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By RHONDA CHRISTENSEN
@moez02

The original recipe says you can use 1 pound of ground beef in place of the bacon. Our family prefers the bacon. Pork fat rules with baked beans in my book.

Rating:

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Serves:

alot

Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

5 Hr

Ingredients

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2 can(s)

large bushes baked beans ... original baked flavor, turns out best
2 can(s)

butter beans or lima beans ...drained
2 can(s)

light kidney beans ... drained
1 lb

bacon ... fried out crisp
1/2 c

ketchup
1/2 c

brown sugar, firmly packed
1 Tbsp

yellow mustard
dash(es)

salt n pepper to taste
1 Tbsp

red wine vinegar
1 c

chopped onion

How to Make Calico beans

Step-by-Step

Brown bacon fry out crisp... Combine drained beans and bacon mixture in slow cooker with remaining ingredients; cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 5 hours.
You can use any combination of beans you have on hand as long as you start with the Bushes baked as a base.
1 butter and 1 lima or no butter 1 lima and 2 kidney ...

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