Crockpot Slow Cooker Cowboy Baked Beans Recipe
This Crockpot baked beans recipe features ground beef, bacon (and drippings), onions, and three beans. It’s perfect for a warm lunch or dinner.
Friends, there are only a few days left of August, and I am SO SO SO ready for fall to officially arrive.
The weather is already cooling off here in Oklahoma, which has me all kinds of excited about a great warm, hearty recipe using the Crock-Pot slow cooker.
A fall favorite around this part of the world (and I’m sure yours, too) is slow-cooked baked beans made in the Crock-Pot. It’s not just baked beans, though. COWBOY BEANS with bacon and bacon drippings. Yes, bacon drippings!
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My family loves this great hearty cowboy bean recipe, and we always have plenty of leftovers for the next day (and I always believe that recipes like this one taste better the day after cooking it). This easy recipe can be eaten as a side dish or a main dish for lunch, family dinner, or a summer cookout.
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Ground beef, bacon, onions, and three varieties of beans make this Crockpot baked beans with a delicious tangy sauce recipe the perfect option for a warm, hearty lunch, hearty side dish (perfect side dish!), or dinner. It’s the best baked beans ever!
EQUIPMENT FOR CROCKPOT SLOW COOKER COWBOY BAKED BEANS
INGREDIENTS FOR CROCKPOT SLOW COOKER COWBOY BAKED BEANS
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb bacon cooked and crumbled
- 2 tbsp bacon grease drippings
- 3 15 oz cans kidney beans
- 3 15 oz cans white beans
- 3 15 oz cans pork and beans
- 3 small onions diced
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 3 tbsp yellow mustard
note: other beans can be used, like butter beans, pinto beans, black beans, lima beans, white kidney beans, or any variety of beans or types of beans)
storage: store leftovers in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROCKPOT SLOW COOKER COWBOY BAKED BEANS
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onions until the meat is brown. Drain fat.
- Combine all beans, cooked ground beef onions, and remaining ingredients in a large Crock-Pot Slow Cooker.
- Cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high. Optional: serve with sour cream, crackers, hot dogs, tortilla chips, or whatever you like!)
Print the recipe card for this slow cooker cowboy beans recipe below:
Crockpot Cowboy Baked Beans Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2 tbsp bacon drippings
- 3 15 oz cans kidney beans
- 3 15 oz cans white beans
- 3 15 oz cans pork and beans
- 3 small onions, diced
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 3 tbsp yellow mustard
Instructions
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onions until the beef is just brown. Drain fat.
- Combine all beans, cooked ground beef, onions, and remaining ingredients to a large Crockpot slow cooker.
- Cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
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5 Comments on “Crockpot Slow Cooker Cowboy Baked Beans Recipe”
Going to make these for a picnic! Recipe does not say to drain beans.
This is my first time eating this dish. It’s more delicious than I thought.
Do you drain the beans?
Do you drain the beans. No mention whatsoever about draining?
DRAIN all bean EXCEPT for pork and beans. This recipe is incorrect. I found out the hard way. But after 2 1/2 hours on high and super watery I had to remove about 4 cups of liquid carefully trying not to remove bacon, onions and beef!
Once liquid was removed they looked like the picture.