Church Picnic Baked Beans

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb 85% lean ground beef
• 4 (15 7/8 ounce) cans great northern beans
• 2 cups ketchup
• 1/2 cup hickory flavored barbecue sauce
• 1/2 cup granulated brown sugar
• 1 cup onion
• 1/2 cup green pepper
• 1/4 cup red pepper
• 7 slices bacon
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup water (if using the crock pot. if using the oven omit this step)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees (f) instructions for conventional oven.
• 2 finely chop the onions, green peppers and red peppers.
• 3 drizzle olive oil in large deep skillet.
• 4 add the chopped vegetables and saute until slightly softened.
• 5 add the 85% lean ground beef to the slightly sauteed veggies and brown until no longer pink set aside.
• 6 slightly fry the 4 slices of bacon until it slightly starts to brown set aside.
• 7 in a large bowl add ketchup, hickory barbecue sauce, granulated brown sugar, dry ground mustard, 2 tablespoons honey and mix together well.
• 8 open the 4 cans of great northern beans and rinse well.
• 9 place all 4 cans in a 9 x 13 in baking dish.
• 10 take the 85% lean ground beef mixture and mix well into the beans.
• 11 pour the ketchup mixture into the beans and mix well making sure all the beans and meat are covered with the saucesmall amount of bacon drippings (it should only be a small amount).
• 12 drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of honey over the top.
• 13 top with remaining 3 strips of bacon.
• 14 cook at 300 degrees for 2 hours.
• 15 remove bacon before serving.
• 16 if cooking in the crock pot follow steps for cooking the veggie mixture, meat mixture.
• 17 cook bacon as directed above.
• 18 mix sauce as directed above.
• 19 place the meat and veggie mixture and the ketchup mixture in the crock pot and mix well.
• 20 place the remaining bacon on top of the beans and drizzle the bacon drippings.
• 21 drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of honey.
• 22 add the 1/4 cup water.
• 23 cover the crock pot and cook on low for 5-6 hours and 3-4 hours on low.