Slow Cooker Cowboy Beans

This cowboy beans recipe delivers a hearty dish of beans, ground beef, and bacon in a sweet and tangy sauce.

Submitted by Heather
 Tested by Allrecipes Test Kitchen
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
3 hrs 10 mins
Total Time:
3 hrs 20 mins
Servings:

Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 8 servings

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • ½ pound bacon, chopped
  • 1 (28 ounce) can baked beans with pork
  • 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon prepared mustard

Directions

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Several small bowls filled with ingredients to make slow cooker cowboy beans.
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  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and bacon together in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, about 7 to 10 minutes.

    Ground beef and bacon cooking in a skillet.
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  3. Transfer hamburger and bacon into a slow cooker; stir in baked beans with pork, kidney beans, lima beans, onions, ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard.

    Beans in a black crockpot.
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  4. Cover and cook on Low until thickened and bubbling, at least 3 hours.

    Beans cooking in a black crockpot.