Best Calico Beans Recipes

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink, 5-7 minutes, breaking up beef into crumbles; drain. Stir in remaining ingredients. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. cast-iron pan or baking dish. , Bake, uncovered, until the beans are as thick as desired, 45-60 minutes.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
• Place bacon and ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• In a four quart casserole dish, mix together the bacon, ground beef, pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, ketchup, onion, vinegar, dry mustard and celery.
• Cover and bake for 1 hour.

COWBOY CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain., Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine the brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar and mustard; add to meat mixture. Stir in the beans. Cover and cook on low until heated through, 4-5 hours.

THE BEST COWBOY-CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Brown beef, bacon and onion in a large skillet or dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add beans and remaining ingredients, stirring to combine.
• Pour into two (1 1/2- quart each) buttered baking dishes.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until beans reach desired thickness (do not stir---a nice chewy, crispy crust will form, which is my favorite part--yum!).
• Alternatively, place in a buttered crock pot and heat on low for about 4 hours, uncover during the last hour of cooking if you like your beans thick.
• Freezes/reheats well.

CALICO BEANS (BAKED BEANS W/ 3 KINDS OF BEANS)

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp.
• Drain.
• Fry ground beef in fat until tender.
• Combine onion, ketchup, salt, mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, and partly drain beans in a 3 quart oven container.
• Mix well.
• Add hamburger and crumbled bacon.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

SLOW COOKER CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and pepper; cook and stir until tender. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker; stir in remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 5-6 hours or until heated through.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in skillet until crisp, then crumble and set aside.
• Cook beef in skillet until no pink remains. Add onion, sauté just until tender.
• Combine beef, onion, ketchup, salt, brown sugar, mustard and vinegar in a 3 qt baking dish or crock pot. Partially drain all the beans (I don't drain the baked beans) and add to the baking dish or crock pot, stirring gently to mix. Sprinkle with bacon.
• Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes or cook in crock pot until heated through.
• For vegetarian version just sauté onion and add to bean mixture. If using dry tofu crumbles it isn't necessary to rehydrate them first, I just stir them into the mixture. It may require addition of water to the mixture if it gets too thick, I just play it by ear. When using frozen crumbles or gimme lean ground "beef" I heat it up in the pan with the onion before adding to the bean mixture.

CALICO BEANS WITH BEEF AND BACON

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. In the same skillet, crumble ground beef and cook over medium-high heat 2 minutes. Mix in onion and continue to saute until beef is browned and onion is golden. Drain grease if desired.
• In a 4 quart casserole dish, mix together bacon, beef, onion, lima beans, kidney beans, pork and beans, dry mustard, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Cover dish and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, until bubbly.

CALICO VEGGIE BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir black beans, kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, brown sugar, onion, tomato sauce, celery, vinegar, and mustard powder together in a four-quart casserole dish; cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

SLOW-COOKED CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker. Add the beans, pineapple, onion, brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar and mustard., Cover and cook on low until heated through, 6-8 hours. Just before serving, stir in bacon.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef and bacon. Pour off fat.
• 2. Add onion and all remaining ingredients including UNDRAINED beans.
• 3. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

BEST CALICO BEANS EVER

Steps:

• Chop and thoroughly cook bacon. Drain.
• Brown hamburger and onion together. Drain.
• Combine all ingredients in crock pot.
• Cook on high for 1 hour or on low for as long as you wish.

SLOW COOKER CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large slow cooker, and stir gently until combined. Cook on low for at least 4 hours and up to 8 hours.

SKINNY CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• In a 12-inch skillet, cook onion in hot butter over medium heat about 15 minutes or until onion is very tender and browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, snipped sage, tomato paste, salt, and pepper. Add navy beans, butter beans, and Chick Peas; stir to coat.
• Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a serving bowl. Top with sour cream. Garnish with tomatoes and sage leaves, if desired.

GRANDMA BECKY'S CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Bake 1 hour at 350 or heat in crock pot for several hours.

SOUTHWESTERN CALICO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 10-inch skillet, cook sausage over medium heat, stirring frequently, until no longer pink; drain.
• In 3-quart casserole, combine sausage and remaining ingredients; stir.
• Bake uncovered 60 to 70 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

CROCK POT CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Brown hamburger. Rinse.
• Cook and cut up bacon.
• Put ingredients in crock-pot.
• Mix together.
• Cook on low 4 hours.

CALICO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Brown hamburger drain and set aside. Chop up bacon and saute'; once crispy add hamburger, diced garlic and chopped onion and mix well.
• 2. Pour hamburger mixture into a 2-1/2 to 3 Qt casserole dish and add remaining ingredients. Mix well and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hr and 30 minutes.

AUNT CHAROLETTE'S CALICO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Brown hamburger.
• Add onion and cook until onions are transparent.
• Drain.
• Mix hamburger mixture and everything else together.
• Pour into baking dish and bake uncovered at 350 for 1 ½ hour.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Brown Ground beef with onion till it is cooked and no longer pink - Drain.
• Mix all ingredients together and cook in Crook pot/Slow cooker on high for 5 1/2 - 6 hours - stir every 1/2 hour.
• Or you can bake at 350 degrees in oven for 2-3 hours - stir every 1/2 hour.
• ( If you can not find Lima Beans in a can - use Frozen).