Crock Pot Cowboy Beans Recipes

EASY CROCK POT COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Cook your bacon over medium heat on your stove until crisp, drain and crumble
• In a different skillet, brown your beef and sausage over medium heat
• Toss your onion in with your meat mixture and cook until the onions are tender, drain
• Put your meat and onion mixture and your bacon in your crock pot
• Pour your undrained pork and beans, undrained pinto or chili beans and the rest of your ingredients to your crock pot
• Give it all a gentle stir
• Cover and cook on high for an hour. After an hour reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for an additional 2-4 hours
• Give it a taste and adjust any seasonings to match your preferences

SLOW COOKER COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir hamburger and bacon together in the hot skillet until hamburger is browned and crumbly, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir cooked hamburger and bacon, baked beans with pork, kidney beans, lima beans, onions, ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard together in the bottom of your slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until hot and thickened, at least 3 hours.

COWBOY BEANS (CROCK-POT)

Steps:

• Rinse and drain picking out all the rocks/debris/skins -- Cover with water to soak overnight.
• Dump water and rinse again. Put garlic and onion in the crockpot add beans and water (or broth). Cook on low for about 9 hours- they need to be a bit on the firm side but not crunchy.
• After the beans reach the right consistency, drain and remove the garlic- you can either toss them or mash them and reserve to add to the bacon fat in the next step. Cook the bacon either on the stove or in the oven so that the fat can be reserved and bacon crumbled.
• Put bacon fat in the bottom of a heavy pot- medium heat (if you like your beans a bit spicy you can saute minced jalapeno to the bacon fat before adding beans- I love to add tomatillos and jalapenos). Add all the beans and start mashing with a potato masher. Add the beer and keep mashing. When it is as mashed as you like lower the heat and cook off the beer stirring occasionally. Season to taste.
• Top with crumbled bacon, cheese, pico or just go crazy.