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Calico Beans

A Summer Party Recipe from Kathy Campbell’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. sweet Italian sausage
  • 1 lb. lean ground beef
  • 10-12 slices bacon
  • 1 c. chopped onion
  • ½ c. brown sugar
  • 1 T. dry mustard
  • 2 cans pork and beans
  • 1 can white northern beans
  • 1 can kidney beans, drained
  • ½ c. ketchup
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 T. vinegar

Instructions:

  1. Brown bacon, sausage, ground beef and onions.
  2. Combine meat mixture in slow cooker with remaining ingredients; cover and cook on LOW for three to five hours.
  3. If making this for a crowd, double everything except the ketchup.

This article appeared in the Jul-Aug 2016 issue of the BWNA Newsletter.

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