Dutch Oven Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound bacon
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 large onion
- 1 large can (53 ounces) pork and beans
- 1 can (15 ounces) lima beans
- 1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans
- 1 can (15 ounces) red beans
- 1 can (15 ounces) butter beans
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
Ingredients for 10 servings (4.5 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cut bacon into bite-sized pieces and begin cooking in heated Dutch oven.
Oven - 2
Chop onion into ½-inch pieces.
- 3
When bacon is nearly cooked, crumble ground beef and chopped onion into Dutch oven. Cook until onion is translucent.
Oven - 4
Add all the beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir mixture.
- 5
Heat to a simmer and let bubble lightly for 10 or 15 minutes or as long as you can stand it.
Stovetop - 6
Stir in liquid smoke.
- 7
Taste and adjust with additional ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Liquid Smoke or whatever it takes.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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