Bestwesternbeans Recipes

WESTERN BEANS

Steps:

• Lightly fry bacon in a heavy 3-qt. saucepan. Add onion; cook until transparent. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat for 45 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring once or twice. Remove bay leaf before serving.

WESTERN-STYLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain off grease and transfer the beef to a 4 quart or larger slow cooker. Stir in the baked beans, bacon, ham, onion, chili powder, ketchup, brown sugar and molasses. If it seems thick, stir in the water. Cover and cook on High for 3 hours or cook for 6 to 8 hours on Low.

OLD WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight in water in a large bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Saute the onions and pork over medium heat in a cast iron Dutch oven until the onions are tender, abut 10 minutes. Add the drained beans, pork, chicken stock, cayenne, molasses, ketchup, brown sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.
• Cover the casserole and transfer to the oven. Bake to 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the beans are tender.
• Serve topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

BEST WESTERN BEANS

Steps:

• Brown beef with onions seasoned with salt and pepper until no longer pink. Drain. Mix in 2 cans of beans (undrained), sugar, vinegar and ketchup. Put in an ovenware dish, cover and bake for 1 hour at 350. I usually make this the day before and reheat to serve.

WESTERN-STYLE BEEF AND BEANS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the beef, onions and celery until meat is no longer pink; drain. Dissolve bouillon in water; stir into beef mixture. Add the beans, ketchup, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper; mix well., Transfer to an ungreased 3-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 375° for 60-70 minutes or until bubbly; stir. Sprinkle with bacon.

BEST IN THE WEST BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Brown beef and drain.
• Add onion and cook until tender.
• Chop and cook bacon.
• Add all other ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into a 3 quart casserole and bake for 1 hour uncovered.

BEST IN THE WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Brown beef, bacon and onion in large skillet. Drain.
• Combine all ingredients except beans, mix well.
• Add beans and stir gently.
• Bake one hour in a 325 to 350 oven (or until hot a bubbly).
• This recipe can easily be cut in half since it makes a rather large batch. I only use half the bacon. If you would like, you could add some more beef if cutting back on the bacon.

WESTERN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a dutch oven until done.
• Remove the bacon from the dutch oven and reserve.
• Saute onion in the bacon drippings until tender.
• Add all the remaining ingredients, including the reserved bacon, to the dutch oven.
• Simmer for 45 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf before serving.

COWBOY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine pork and beans, bacon, onion, green bell pepper, ketchup, and brown sugar in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and cook 1 hour more, stirring every 15 minutes, until beans are thick and caramelized.

HOMESTEAD COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned and crispy, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and crumble when cool enough to handle.
• At the same time, heat another large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Place bacon, ground beef, onion, ketchup, and brown sugar in a slow cooker; mix well. Add baked beans, Great Northern beans, pinto beans, and pork and beans.
• Cook on Low, stirring often, about 4 hours.

BEST OF THE WEST BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In ovenproof kettle, cook beef, bacon, and onion over moderate heat, stirring to break up lumps for about 20 minutes or until beef is no longer pink & bacon is slightly crisp. Transfer to a large strainer to drain the grease & then return to the kettle. Add ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, molasses, chili powder, & six cans of beans. Stir until well combined.
• Note: you can modify the types beans to your liking. I don't use kidney beans myself; however you can add them in place of the pink ones. Can't really go wrong with whatever kind you chose!
• Bake mixture, covered, in middle of oven for at least an hour. Serves about 20 as a side dish.

SOUTHWESTERN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes and onion. Combine the remaining ingredients; stir into bean mixture. , Transfer to a 3-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes; stir. Bake, uncovered, 15-30 minutes longer or until heated through.