Calico Baked Beans
Get ready to wow your crowd with this hearty and flavorful dish: **Calico Baked Beans**! This comforting classic combines four types of beans—kidney, butter, pinto, and baked beans in sauce—with savory ground beef, crispy bacon, and a sweet-and-tangy homemade sauce made with brown sugar, ketchup, mustard, and apple cider vinegar. The result is a perfectly balanced casserole that’s rich, smoky, and slightly caramelized on top after baking. With just 15 minutes of prep and a total cook time of 90 minutes, this dish is ideal for potlucks, backyard barbecues, or any gathering that calls for a crowd-pleaser. Plus, its hearty blend of proteins and beans ensures it's as satisfying as it is delicious. Serve it warm and watch it disappear! Keywords: Calico Baked Beans recipe, baked beans with bacon, easy casserole recipe, crowd-pleasing side dish.
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Recipe Information
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground beef
- 6 slices Bacon
- 1 medium Onion, diced
- 1 can (15 ounces) Kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can (15 ounces) Butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can (15 ounces) Pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can (28 ounces) Baked beans in sauce
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- 1 cup Ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar
- 0.5 teaspoon Salt
- 0.25 teaspoon Black pepper
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the ground beef until browned, breaking it up into small crumbles. Drain any excess fat and set the beef aside.
In the same skillet, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon from the skillet, leaving about 1 tablespoon of the rendered fat in the pan. Crumble the bacon and set it aside.
Add the diced onion to the skillet with the bacon fat and sauté over medium heat until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cooked ground beef, crumbled bacon, sautéed onions, kidney beans, butter beans, pinto beans, and baked beans.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, ketchup, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt, and black pepper until well mixed.
Pour the sauce mixture over the bean and meat mixture, stirring until everything is evenly coated.
Transfer the mixture into a large baking dish (approximately 9x13 inches) and spread it out evenly.
Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, remove the foil and bake for an additional 30 minutes, allowing the top to caramelize slightly.
Remove the dish from the oven and let it rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
Calories |
508 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% Daily Value* |
|||
| Total Fat | 14.5 g | 19% | |
| Saturated Fat | 5.3 g | 27% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.0 g | ||
| Cholesterol | 44 mg | 15% | |
| Sodium | 710 mg | 31% | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 76.9 g | 28% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 9.6 g | 34% | |
| Total Sugars | 41.5 g | ||
| Protein | 21.6 g | 43% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.1 mcg | 1% | |
| Calcium | 128 mg | 10% | |
| Iron | 5.3 mg | 30% | |
| Potassium | 874 mg | 19% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
