John's Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 lb ground beef, browned (optional)
• 1 lb bacon
• 1 large vidalia onion, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 (16 ounce) bottle hickory smoke flavor barbecue sauce
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 3 teaspoons molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 16 ounces butter beans (i like these so i double)
• 16 ounces black beans
• 16 ounces kidney beans
• 31 ounces lamb and beans
• 1 (12 ounce) can beer

Recipe

• 1 brown and crumble ground beef if using.
• 2 open all cans of beans and pour in a strainer to drain liquid.
• 3 add all ingredients to large casserole dish.
• 4 use some of the beer to pour in the empty bottle of bbq sauce to shake up and get all the contents out.
• 5 add the drained beans.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 lay bacon all over the top.
• 8 bake at 350 for 1 hour. (1 hour is fine, but they actually taste better the longer they cook. i try to start mine very early and just let them cook in a slow oven after the initial hour as long as time allows.).