Cowboy Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 10 strips of bacon
• 1 white onion
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 jalapeño
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 tbsp your favorite bbq rub/seasoning
• 5 cups cooked beans of choice
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup bbq sauce
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp maggi seasoning (or use 2 tbsp of either worcestershire or maggi)
• 2 tbsp yellow mustard
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp smoked paprika

Method

1. Dice the onion, bell pepper, and jalapeño.
2. Cook the bacon in a large oven-safe pot or skillet until crisp, then remove and chop, leaving the rendered fat in the pot.
3. Brown the ground beef with the bbq rub/seasoning in the same pot, breaking it up as it cooks.
4. Add the onion, bell pepper, and jalapeño, and cook until softened.
5. Stir in the cooked beans, chopped bacon, brown sugar, bbq sauce, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, maggi seasoning, mustard, chili powder, and smoked paprika.
6. Simmer everything together, or transfer to the oven, until thickened and bubbly, about 45-60 minutes.
7. Serve warm as a side dish.