How many does this serve?:
18-20
Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
6 hours
Ingredients:
- One 20-oz. bag Hurst’s 15 Bean Soup dried bean mix
- 6 cups water
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound bacon
- 2 pounds smoked sausage
- 1 1/2 cups barbeque sauce
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions:
- Add beans (with seasoning packet) and water to a large crock pot then cook for 4-6 hours on high or until beans are tender.
- Meanwhile, cook onions with ground beef until beef is cooked through, seasoning with salt and pepper then set aside.
- Cut bacon into small strips then cook until crispy and browned. Remove bacon from pan drippings then set aside.
- Cut smoked sausage into bite-sized pieces then set aside.
- Once beans are tender, ladle out any excess liquid; set aside to use later if needed. Add salt and pepper to taste, barbeque sauce and remaining ingredients, including the ground beef, bacon and smoked sausage. Gently stir to combine.
- Add reserved liquid from cooking the beans, 1/2 cup at a time, if needed to ensure the contents of the crock pot have a nice, thick sauce. You don’t want things to be runny but you do want to make sure there’s enough sauce to coat everything nicely (such as with baked beans).
- Continue cooking 1-2 hours on high or until sausage is heated through and everything is hot and bubbly.
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