The Best Homemade Cowboy Beans Recipes

BEST EVER COWBOY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large cast iron skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble.
• In the same cast iron skillet, cook the ground beef and onions until the meat is no longer pink, drain off excess liquid.
• Drain off all the beans except for one can of pork and beans, Combine the beans, cooked beef, bacon, and onions and remaining ingredients.
• Cook on grill until hot and beans are tender. Optional: Cook in oven on 350 until beans are cooked well if grill not available.

THE BEST SLOW COOKER COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown ground beef. Drain and set aside.
• Add bacon to the skillet and cook 5 to 7 minutes or until cooked through, stirring frequently.
• Add onions and cook an additional 4 to 5 minutes or until onions are soft and translucent.
• Add ground beef and bacon mixture to a large 6 quart slow cooker.
• Add pork 'n beans, drained kidney and white beans, ketchup, brown sugar and liquid smoke.
• Stir gently to combine. Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours or on high 2 to 3 hours, stirring as needed. If the mixture seems a little dry, add a few tablespoons of water.
• Serve with tortillas chips, corn chips, sour cream, cheese, whatever you want. Anything goes!

BEST EVER COWBOY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large mixing bowl, add all of the sauce ingredients and stir to combine, whisking if needed.
• Add pork and beans (undrained), tomato sauce, and diced onion and bell pepper. Using a large spoon or spatula stir to combine beans with sauce.
• Pour into casserole baking dish or cast iron skillet or dutch oven. Bake uncovered for 1 1/2 - 2 hours until bubbly and bacon is crispy. If crisper bacon is desired, with beans on middle rack, broil for 2-3 minutes until desired crispness is reached. Allow to rest for 10 minutes and serve warm.
• Baked beans can be made ahead of time, refrigerate. Remove from fridge for 1 hour prior to baking, bake as directed.
• Baked beans may be frozen, but only after they've been baked. Cool completely and transfer to freezer storage container. Beans are good up 7 days refrigerated; 6 months frozen.

COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Brown 2 ounces diced chorizo in a skillet with olive oil. Add 1/2 diced onion and cook 4 minutes. Stir in 1/2 diced jalapeno, 1 teaspoon each dried oregano, chili powder and minced garlic, and 1 chopped tomato; cook 1 minute. Add a 15-ounce can pinto beans (undrained) and 3/4 cup water; simmer 15 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and hot sauce.

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.

COWBOY BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown the ground chuck and season it with salt, pepper, and chili powder. Remove the meat and drain off all but 1 tablespoon of fat. Cook the onions and bell peppers in the remaining fat until they are soft. Return the meat to the pan and add the beans, brown sugar, barbecue sauce and jalapenos. When everything is combined and the sugar has melted, pour it into a large baking dish and bake for 45 minutes.

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 CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain., Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine the brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar and mustard; add to meat mixture. Stir in the beans. Cover and cook on low until heated through, 4-5 hours.