Nama's Western Baked Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 (117 ounce) can bush's baked beans
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup dark molasses
• 2/3 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 4 minced garlic cloves
• 1 cup jalapeno chili with juice, only use the juice
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1 large green pepper, finely chopped
• 2 1/2-3 lbs ground beef
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in large stock pot sautee onions in olive oil until clear.
• 2 add green peppers.
• 3 when green peppers are tender add garlic.
• 4 break up ground beef into smaller pieces, drop into onion/green pepper/garlic mixture and brown down, stirring to keep meat from clumping. when cooked, drain off any grease.
• 5 while meat is cooking open beans and drain off most of the liquid.
• 6 add beans to meat mixture stirring well.
• 7 add remaining ingredients, stir well.
• 8 cook until hot.
• 9 divide into 2 3-4 quart casserole dishes or crockpots.
• 10 bake uncovered at 350 until bubbly.
• 11 crockpot on medium for 4 hours.
• 12 i bake two casseroles and fill 2 of the ziplock 9x4 freezer dishes for later baking in the microwave. simply thaw overnight in frig and then heat in microwave.