Cowboy Beans

75 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Add cooked and seasoned ground beef, fully cooked bacon bits, and sautéed onions to a pan, mix them together, and set aside.
  2. 2Add cooked and seasoned ground beef, fully cooked bacon bits, and sautéed onions to a pan, mix them together, and set aside.
  3. 3Add cooked and seasoned ground beef, fully cooked bacon bits, and sautéed onions to a pan, mix them together, and set aside.
  4. 4Sort out the three different types of beans for rocks or bad beans.
  5. 5Sort out the three different types of beans for rocks or bad beans.
  6. 6Sort out the three different types of beans for rocks or bad beans.
  7. 7Wash the beans until the water runs clear.
  8. 8Wash the beans until the water runs clear.
  9. 9Wash the beans until the water runs clear.
  10. 10Prepare the sauce by mixing all sauce ingredients together.
  11. 11Prepare the sauce by mixing all sauce ingredients together.
  12. 12Prepare the sauce by mixing all sauce ingredients together.
  13. 13Start filling the jars by adding all of your uncooked, dry beans.
  14. 14Start filling the jars by adding all of your uncooked, dry beans.
  15. 15Start filling the jars by adding all of your uncooked, dry beans.
  16. 16Layer the beans with the meat mixture.
  17. 17Layer the beans with the meat mixture.
  18. 18Layer the beans with the meat mixture.
  19. 19Top off the layers with the prepared sauce, adding a quarter cup of sauce to each jar until all sauce is used.
  20. 20Top off the layers with the prepared sauce, adding a quarter cup of sauce to each jar until all sauce is used.
  21. 21Top off the layers with the prepared sauce, adding a quarter cup of sauce to each jar until all sauce is used.
  22. 22Once the sauce is used up, add chicken broth to each jar, leaving a 1-inch headspace.
  23. 23Once the sauce is used up, add chicken broth to each jar, leaving a 1-inch headspace.
  24. 24Once the sauce is used up, add chicken broth to each jar, leaving a 1-inch headspace.
  25. 25De-bubble the jars, ensuring the beans are fully covered by the sauce and broth to allow them to cook.
  26. 26De-bubble the jars, ensuring the beans are fully covered by the sauce and broth to allow them to cook.
  27. 27De-bubble the jars, ensuring the beans are fully covered by the sauce and broth to allow them to cook.
  28. 28For lug lid jars, ensure there's a gasket inside the lid and tighten it as tight as possible.
  29. 29For lug lid jars, ensure there's a gasket inside the lid and tighten it as tight as possible.
  30. 30For lug lid jars, ensure there's a gasket inside the lid and tighten it as tight as possible.
  31. 31For regular Mason jars, tighten to fingertip tight.
  32. 32For regular Mason jars, tighten to fingertip tight.
  33. 33For regular Mason jars, tighten to fingertip tight.
  34. 34Place five pint jars in a Nesco pressure canner and process them for 75 minutes.
  35. 35Place five pint jars in a Nesco pressure canner and process them for 75 minutes.
  36. 36Place five pint jars in a Nesco pressure canner and process them for 75 minutes.
  37. 37Alternatively, process some jars in a water bath for 3 hours.
  38. 38Alternatively, process some jars in a water bath for 3 hours.
  39. 39Alternatively, process some jars in a water bath for 3 hours.

Ingredients

  • cooked and seasoned ground beef
  • cooked and seasoned ground beef
  • cooked and seasoned ground beef
  • fully cooked bacon bits
  • fully cooked bacon bits
  • fully cooked bacon bits
  • sautéed onions
  • sautéed onions
  • sautéed onions
  • beans (three different types)
  • beans (three different types)
  • beans (three different types)
  • 0.25 cup sauce
  • 0.25 cup sauce
  • 0.25 cup sauce
  • chicken broth
  • chicken broth
  • chicken broth

Equipment

panjarscannerpressure cannerNescoMason jarsgasketlug lid

Tips

  • Prep everything in advance to easily fill jars.
  • Ensure beans are fully covered by liquid in the jars during canning for proper cooking.
  • When using lug lid jars, tighten them as tight as you can, not just fingertip tight.
  • When using regular Mason jars, practice fingertip tight sealing.
  • Pressure canning significantly reduces processing time compared to a water bath.