Best Southwestern Calico Baked Beans Recipes

MY MOM'S FAMOUS CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease a 3-quart baking dish (see note).
• Drain and rinse all the beans (go ahead and throw them all together in one colander) and set aside.
• In a large skillet, cook the bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels, leaving about 1 teaspoon grease in the skillet.
• Add the onion to the skillet over medium heat and cook until softened, 4-5 minutes. Off the heat, add the beans and bacon.
• In a liquid measuring cup or bowl, combine the ketchup, Worcestershire, dry mustard, sugar, salt, vinegar, water (or broth) and cornstarch, if using, and whisk to combine thoroughly. Pour the sauce into the skillet and stir well.
• Scrape the entire mixture into the prepared baking pan. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45-60 minutes. Serve immediately.

CALICO BEANS

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.
• Put the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crispy, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel lined plate. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat from the skillet. Add the onion and ground beef and cook, breaking up the beef, until the onion is softened and the beef is crumbled and fully cooked, about 5 minutes. If necessary, drain any excess moisture released from the meat. Add the cooked bacon, kidney beans, navy beans, pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, dry mustard, vinegar and salt. Stir together and then transfer to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Bake until bubbling and caramelized on top, 35 to 40 minutes.

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.

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.

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.

SPICY SOUTHWEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Saute onion, bell pepper, chili and garlic in oil in large skillet until tender, about 8 minutes.
• Combine onion mixture and remaining ingredients in 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• Bake at 350 degrees, covered, 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 15-20 minutes or until liquid is nearly absorbed.
• Discard bay leaf.

SOUTHWESTERN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans for 6 hours or overnight. Drain and mix remaining ingredients in a 2qt casserole. Add enough water to be 1/2" above level of bean mixture. (this was to the top of my casserole dish).
• Cover with foil and bake at 375 about 3 hours. Be sure to check after an hour and again after the 2nd hour to see if more water is needed. I ended up adding maybe 1/2 - 1 cup more each time.
• This may also be done on the high setting of your slowcooker for 6-8 hours. I just didn't think far enough ahead to do mine that way.
• You can substitute dried pintos, or even great northerns, if you don't have black beans.

SOUTHWESTERN BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes and onion. Combine the remaining ingredients; stir into bean mixture. , Transfer to a 3-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes; stir. Bake, uncovered, 15-30 minutes longer or until heated through.