Cowboy Beans

 

• 45 oz. of canned beans (any mixture of cans that you like-but this time I used only pork and beans)
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 lb. bacon
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 18 oz. bottle of Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
• ¼ cup brown sugar

1. Bake bacon on a baking racked pan for 33 minutes at 400 degrees.  Let cool briefly and crumble.
2. Spray Dutch oven with cooking spray and brown ground beef, stirring to crumble.
3. Add chopped onion and cook until translucent.
4. Add garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar.  Stir until well mixed.
5. Add barbecue sauce and stir well.
6. Add beans and stir.
7. Add crumbled bacon and stir.
8. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 60 minutes.  

Nancy's Cowboy Casserole

• 1 lb. ground beef
• ½  teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 1 16 ounce pork and beans
• ¾ cup Sweet Baby Ray’s or other barbecue sauce
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 tube of Pillsbury Grand Buttermilk biscuits
• 8 oz. shredded taco cheese blend

1. Bake biscuits according to package instructions.
2. Stir and brown ground beef.
3. Add salt, onion powder, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, and pork and beans.
4. Stir mixture well.
5. Place mixture in 2 quart casserole dish that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
6. Top with baked biscuits.
7. Top with cheese.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
9. Serve and enjoy.