8.2 Dried Beans
Sweet and Sour Beans
1 lb ground beef or pork
1 onion (optional)
1 tbsp oil
¾ lb kidney beans – or mixture of beans (soaked 3 hours, boiled 1 hour if using Nature’s Route Farm beans – longer if using commercial beans)
¼ cup molasses
½ cup vinegar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp prepared mustard
¼ cup tomato sauce or catsup
¼ tsp salt
½ package dry onion soup mix (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown ground meat and onions in oil.
Add all other ingredients and stir.
Pour into covered casserole.
Bake for 1 hour.
Serves 6 – 8.
Variation: Substitute the molasses with maple syrup.
Calgary Stampede Beans
3 slices bacon, sautéed (optional)
1/2 onion
2 cups cooked yellow eyed beans
1/2 c diced tomatoes
4 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp molasses
1 tsp Worchestershire sauce
1 tsp dried mustard
1 small can pineapple tidbits, drained.
Mix in crock pot.
Susan Summerby Murray addsd:
-she sometimes adds chunks of ham or omits the meat altogether
-adds more tomatoes
-add more Worchestershire sauce and mustard
Basically, add what you have on hand!
Submitted by Susan S-M
