Ingredients
- 1 lb of dry Navy Beans, soak overnight
- 1 lb of Ground Beef, 80/20, cooked and drained
- ½ lb of Bacon, diced, lightly cooked
- 1 cup Onion, diced
- 1 cup Bell Peppers, diced (optional)
- 2 cup Beef Broth
- 1 ½ cups Brown Sugar
- 1 15oz can Tomato Sauce
- ½ cup Grandmas Molasses
- 2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Texas Pete Hot Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke
- ¼ cup Yellow Mustard
- ¼ cup Ketchup
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
Baking
Sort beans an soak 8 hours, overnight. Crisp bacon and sauté onion in rendered fat. Place beans, onions and other ingredients and bake covered at 300°F for 3 hours. Add salt & pepper to taste and bake one hour uncovered at 250°F.
Pressure cooker
Prepare ingredients as above. Place ingredients in pressure cooker and raise heat to 15psi. Hold pressure 30 to 40 minutes, use natural pressure release 20 minutes. Add salt & pepper to taste.
Variations
Some recipe variations call for mustard seed & ground mustard, tomato paste in place of ketchup or tomato sauce, or did not use ground beef. Also mentions of vinegar, smoked paprika and Cayenne pepper.