Calico Beans

Recipe: Calico Beans

More than baked beans -- A meal in itself!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. bacon
• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 Tbsp. vinegar
• Pepper to taste
• #2 can* of Pork and Beans
• #2 can* of red kidney beans
• #2 can* of cut green beans
• #2 can* of green beans

*A #2 can is an old system of numbering and would have equaled 18 to 20 oz.

Directions:

In a skillet, brown 1/2 lb. bacon, 1/2 lb. ground beef, and 1 cup chopped onions. Drain off grease.

Mix together the remaining ingredients (except for beans).

Drain juice off each of the #2 size cans of beans and mix all ingredients together.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes, or in crock pot 6-8 hours on low.

Servings:	12
Time:	35 Minutes Preparation Time 6-8 Hours Cooking Time

Source: A 50's recipe developed by the mother of Louise Gensamer Giedroc, Port Matilda, PA, and passed on to Fred Hammer at a high school reunion

By fchammer1 from State College, PA

Recipe: Calico Beans

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 lb. bacon
• 1 large onion
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tsp. mustard
• 4 tsp. vinegar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 can (30 oz.) pork and beans
• 1 can garbanzo beans (15 oz.), drained
• 1 can red kidney beans, drained
• 1 can lima or butter beans, drained

Directions:

Cook first 3 ingredients in large skillet until meat loses its color and onions are tender; drain off excess fat. Stir in next 5 ingredients. Combine last ingredients in 3 qt. casserole dish. Stir meat mixture into beans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. You can garnish with strips of crisp bacon. You can also use different combinations of beans, if you like.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Recipe: Calico Beans

Ingredients

• 1 can pinto beans
• 1 can lima beans
• 1 can kidney beans (wash above and drain)
• 1 can butter beans (use liquid)
• 2 cans pork and beans (use liquid)
• 1/2 lb. hamburger
• 1/2 lb. diced bacon
• 1 medium chopped onion (brown and drain off fat)

Sauce:

• 1 cup ketchup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1 tsp. salt (opt.)

Mix all together and bake uncovered at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Feedback:

RE: Calico Beans

My mother used to make this. It is so good. I'd make it for my husband all the time and he devoured it. He loved beans. A great side dish with this is corn bread. Yummy. (06/20/2009)

By chef4u

Recipe: Calico Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 lb. hamburger
• 1 small onion (cut up)
• 1 can lima beans
• 1 can green beans
• 1 can pork and beans
• 1 can kidney beans
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/14 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard

Directions

Brown hamburger and onion and drain. Add remaining ingredients. Mix all together. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour.

By Robin

Recipe: Calico Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. hamburger, fried
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 can lima beans, drained (1lb.)
• 1/2 lb. bacon
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup onions, chopped
• 1 tsp. mustard
• 1 can pork and beans (1lb.)
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tsp. vinegar
• 1 can kidney beans, drained (1lb.)

Directions

Mix all together and put in large baking casserole pan. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees F.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Recipe: Calico Beans

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb. bacon, fried and crumbled
• 1 lb. hamburger
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1 can kidney beans, drained
• 1 can lima beans, drained
• 1 can pork and beans
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 tsp. mustard
• 1 tsp. salt

Directions

Fry the bacon. Let it cool and crumble it into pieces. Brown the hamburger and onion together. In a crockpot, on low, mix the kidney beans, lima beans, pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and salt together. Add the bacon and hamburger and cook 4-5 hours.

By Robin from Washington, IA