Bourbon Barbecue Slow Cooker Beans
Ingredients
1 (16 ounces) package dry 15 bean
mix for soup
1 bay leaf
1 pound bacon
1 pound ground beef
1 pound kielbasa sausage, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
through and browned, about 5 minutes. Drain fat.
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 (10.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 (16 ounce) bottle hickory
flavored barbeque sauce (such as
Open Pit®)
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire
sauce
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup real maple syrup
2/3 cup bourbon whiskey
3 tablespoons coarse-grain
mustard
Directions to make Bourbon Barbecue Slow Cooker Beans,
Rinse the beans, and place in a very large pot. Cover beans with
water, add the bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Simmer until all of the
water is absorbed, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the bay leaf.
Place the chopped bacon in a large, deep skillet; cook over
medium-high heat, stirring, until evenly browned, about 5 minutes.
Drain the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate. Return the skillet to
the heat, and add the ground beef; cook until the beef is cooked
Combine the beans, bacon, ground beef, sliced kielbasa, onion,
green pepper, red pepper, chicken broth, barbeque sauce,
Worcestershire sauce, honey, maple syrup, bourbon, and mustard
in the crock of a slow cooker, and stir well to combine. Turn the
slow cooker to Low heat, and cook until the beans are tender, 8 to
10 hours.
