Community Pick
Calico Beans (Baked Beans W/ 3 Kinds of Beans)

photo by Marsha D.

- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 6 slices bacon
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1⁄2 cup ketchup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
- 1 (15 ounce) can pork and beans
- 1 (15 ounce) can butter beans
directions
- 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.
Questions & Replies

Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
I made these for my husband to take to work for a pre-Thanksgiving pot luck. Major hit...glad I didn't 'keep it simple, and just make beans' as he asked. They went so fast that they were gone before he got to them, and I made a BIG batch! I DOUBLED the recipe and made a couple of small changes; I didn't double the ground beef, using 1 1/2 lbs total. I browned the ground beef in the bacon fat, (Had to take off my *Food Police* hat for that one!) adding the onion and about 1/2 tsp garlic powder half way to done. Then I drained any extra fat before adding it to the rest of the recipe. I used 9 slices bacon and 1 cup of brown sugar-it was plenty sweet. I also added a can of tomato sauce and a can of drained black beans for more color. Also, a teaspoon of Liquid Smoke gave a nice touch of flavor. I drained all beans except the pork and beans. I saved the liquid from the kidney beans in case it got too dry while baking, but I didn't need it. This recipe is a keeper for many reasons; it's quick, economical, looks pretty and best of all, tastes great! Thanks Jen.
-
This is a great base recipe. The flavor is fantastic but I didn't like the original proportions. I grew up with calico beans being beans with some meat thrown in, but this recipe was more like hamburger with a few beans thrown in. I ended up doubling all the beans that were used, and to compensate I used about 1.5x the amount of flavorings that were called for. Except for the vinegar. I really don't love vinegar so I left that at 2 tsp. I also used a full pack of bacon. And then cooked it all in the same skillet. Cooked the bacon, set it aside and drained the pan, cooked the beef, drained it again, then threw everything together and cooked over medium-low heat for 30-40 minutes. It tasted wonderful.
-
Yet another 5 star recipe!!! What a crowd pleaser this one is! I make this for most of my outdoor summer/fall events. I like to add black beans and green beans plus a little liquid smoke with maybe some BBQ sauce...don't mean to change the recipe on you but the basics are very good here too...just personal preference! (I also add sausage or sometimes use just sausage)<br/>Thank you Jen for posting!
see 47 more reviews
Tweaks
-
Wicked good beans! Personal preferences took over the recipe in a few ways (don't they always?)! I cut the sugar to 1/2 cup and still find them sweet. I used about 3/4lb. of ground beef, subbed black beans for kidney beans because I don't like the latter and added another can of white beans to stretch out the batch. Used the slow cooker and made them a day ahead of time since many reviewers of this and other recipes said they're better the next day. They're soooo good now it's hard to imagine them better! Thanks Jen!