Slow cooked Beans, Beef and Bacon (Audacious or Bodacious)

Enjoy as an addition to your tailgate party or as a one pot comfort food for family. This dish will score big time for your hungry table!

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ lbs. ground beef

• ¾ lb. bacon, cut across the cold bacon into small strips.

• 1 ½ c diced onion

• 2 - 40 oz cans pork and beans (do not drain)

• 1 – 16 oz. can kidney beans, drained

• 1 – 16 oz. can lima beans, drained

• 1 ½ c catsup

• ½ c brown sugar, packed

• 4 T vinegar

Select one of the following spice options:

Option one – For Audacious - mild:

• 1 T Rosetta’s Farm Smooth & Mellow spice blend

• 2 t Rosetta’s Farm Chipotle Cayenne spice blend

Option two – For Bodacious – medium spicy:

• 1 T Rosetta’s Farm Smooth & Mellow spice blend

• 4 t Rosetta’s Farm Chipotle Cayenne spice blend

Instructions:

In a frying pan over medium high heat, brown the ground beef (7 to 10 minutes) with Rosetta’s Farm Smooth & Mellow spice blend. Stir continuously to break up the beef. Then drain and absorb excess oil with paper towels.

In the same frying pan over medium heat, warm bacon (5 to 7 minutes) and stir continuously until bacon pieces separate from each other. Increase heat to medium high, add diced onion and 1 t Rosetta’s Farm Chipotle Cayenne spice blend. Cook and stir until onions begin to brown (4 to 5 minutes). Then drain and absorb excess oil with paper towels.

Add the meats and remaining ingredients with the spice into the slow cooker and mix together.

Slow cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Serves 10 to 12

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