West Coast Five Bean Bake Recipes

FIVE-BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF. In a large skillet cook onion, bacon, and garlic until bacon is crisp and onion is tender; drain.
• In a large bowl combine onion mixture, beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce. Transfer bean mixture to an ungreased 3-quart casserole.
• Bake, covered, for 1 hour.

OLD WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight in water in a large bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Saute the onions and pork over medium heat in a cast iron Dutch oven until the onions are tender, abut 10 minutes. Add the drained beans, pork, chicken stock, cayenne, molasses, ketchup, brown sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.
• Cover the casserole and transfer to the oven. Bake to 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the beans are tender.
• Serve topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

BEST IN THE WEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef and bacon. Drain. Add onion and cook till tender. Add all other ingredients except the beans and mix well.
• 2. Drain kidney beans and butter beans. Add all beans to meat mixture. Pour into 3 quart casserole dish or into crock pot.
• 3. To prepare in oven, bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. To prepare in crock pot, cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook for 4 hours. I always double this for family get to gathers or pot lucks
• 4. This recipe is great for Dutch Oven cooking. Triple recipe for a 12 inch Dutch Oven.

BEST OF THE WEST BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In ovenproof kettle, cook beef, bacon, and onion over moderate heat, stirring to break up lumps for about 20 minutes or until beef is no longer pink & bacon is slightly crisp. Transfer to a large strainer to drain the grease & then return to the kettle. Add ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, molasses, chili powder, & six cans of beans. Stir until well combined.
• Note: you can modify the types beans to your liking. I don't use kidney beans myself; however you can add them in place of the pink ones. Can't really go wrong with whatever kind you chose!
• Bake mixture, covered, in middle of oven for at least an hour. Serves about 20 as a side dish.

WESTERN-STYLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain off grease and transfer the beef to a 4 quart or larger slow cooker. Stir in the baked beans, bacon, ham, onion, chili powder, ketchup, brown sugar and molasses. If it seems thick, stir in the water. Cover and cook on High for 3 hours or cook for 6 to 8 hours on Low.

FIVE BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Saute onion in bacon fat; add the brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt and vinegar. Cook covered on low heat 20 minutes.
• In a four quart baking dish, combine the bacon, onion mixture, butter beans, lima beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans and baked beans. Mix well, and bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake 30 to 45 minutes longer.