Best Beans Beverly Recipes

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Yield 8-10 sides

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
pinch pepper to taste
½ small onion finely diced
¼ cup milk
½ cup sour cream
2 cans (~16 oz ea) green beans
1½ cups shredded Swiss cheese
½ cup corn flake crumbs mixed with 2 Tbsp melted butter

Steps:

In a medium skillet over medium-high heat melt butter and saute onion until translucent. Blend in flour, salt, sugar and pepper. Cook until bubbly and beginning to brown (about 2 minutes). Blend in milk. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream, then beans. Fold in cheese. Transfer to an oven-safe 1½ qt buttered casserole. Top with corn flakes. Bake in a 400°F oven for 20 minutes.

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Provided by Lynnda Cloutier

Categories Beef

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 lb. or less lean ground beef
1/2 lb. bacon cut into pieces
1 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 can pork and beans, undrained, 28 to 31 oz
1 can red kidney beans, undrained, 15 oz
1 can lima beans, undrained, 15 oz
1 can small butter beans, undrained, 15 oz
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt or to taste
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

Steps:

1. In large pot or Dutch oven, sauté ground beef, bacon, onion and garlic. Add ketchup, dry mustard, pork and beans, kidney beans, lima beans, butter beans, brown sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper; mix thoroughly. Pour mixture into a large bean pot or other casserole dish.
2. Pour mixture into a large bean pot or other casserole dish. Bake in preheated 350 oven about 1 hour or til thickened. Note: 1 can black eyed peas or other beans, undrained, can be added to the mixture. Paul Groundahl, Features Writer, Albany Times Union, Albany, New York
3. Note: I make this in the slow cooker, with a little tweak to the recipe. I cook a full pound of bacon and don't use limas. I double the butter beans instead.