Dutch Oven Beans

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 large onion
• 1 large can pork and beans
• 1 can lima beans
• 1 can pinto beans
• 1 can red beans
• 1 can butter beans
• ½ cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke

Steps

1. Cut the bacon into bite-sized pieces.
2. Begin cooking in the heated Dutch oven.
3. Chop the onion into ½-inch pieces.
4. When the bacon is nearly cooked, crumble the ground beef and chopped onion into the Dutch oven.
5. Cook until the onion is translucent.
6. Add all the beans, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Worcestershire sauce.
7. Stir the mixture.
8. Heat to a simmer.
9. Let bubble lightly for 10 or 15 minutes or as long as you can stand it.
10. Stir in the liquid smoke.
11. Taste.
12. Adjust with additional ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, molasses, and Liquid Smoke or whatever it takes.