Aunt Ethels Calico Beans Recipes

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add bacon, onion and ground beef. Cook and brown, breaking up ground beef with wooden spoon, until beef is cooked and onion is soft and translucent, about 10 - 12 minutes. Drain grease.
• Add the beans, brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, salt and mustard; stir to combine and bring to a simmer. Turn heat down, cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring often. Serve and enjoy!

AUNT ETHEL'S CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown beef and onion in a large, deep skillet. Drain. Add bacon and cook until bacon is done but not crisp. Do not drain. Add remaining ingredients, mix well, and cook, uncovered, on low heat, at a simmer for about 30 minutes. Stir frequently. Serve hot.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
• Place bacon and ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• In a four quart casserole dish, mix together the bacon, ground beef, pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, ketchup, onion, vinegar, dry mustard and celery.
• Cover and bake for 1 hour.

CALICO BAKED BEANS WITH HAMBURGER AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees
• Brown the ground beef, bacon and onions and drain grease if desired.
• Add the ketchup, vinegar and brown sugar and simmer on low heat for 30 mins; stirring occasionally.
• Drain you beans and toss in a 9x13 inch pan or 4 quart casserole dish.
• Add the meat mixture on top of the beans and bake for 1.5 - 2 hours.

AUNT CHAROLETTE'S CALICO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Brown hamburger.
• Add onion and cook until onions are transparent.
• Drain.
• Mix hamburger mixture and everything else together.
• Pour into baking dish and bake uncovered at 350 for 1 ½ hour.

CALICO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown hamburger drain and set aside. Chop up bacon and saute'; once crispy add hamburger, diced garlic and chopped onion and mix well.
• 2. Pour hamburger mixture into a 2-1/2 to 3 Qt casserole dish and add remaining ingredients. Mix well and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hr and 30 minutes.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in skillet until crisp, then crumble and set aside.
• Cook beef in skillet until no pink remains. Add onion, sauté just until tender.
• Combine beef, onion, ketchup, salt, brown sugar, mustard and vinegar in a 3 qt baking dish or crock pot. Partially drain all the beans (I don't drain the baked beans) and add to the baking dish or crock pot, stirring gently to mix. Sprinkle with bacon.
• Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes or cook in crock pot until heated through.
• For vegetarian version just sauté onion and add to bean mixture. If using dry tofu crumbles it isn't necessary to rehydrate them first, I just stir them into the mixture. It may require addition of water to the mixture if it gets too thick, I just play it by ear. When using frozen crumbles or gimme lean ground "beef" I heat it up in the pan with the onion before adding to the bean mixture.