What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? A Burst of Flavor: Traditional Four-Bean Combo! This is an amazing side dish you can slow cook in the crockpot and forget about it. The end result is a sweet and savory baked bean assortment that will explode with flavor and compliment anything you plan to pair with it, especially grilled meats. The presentation is a color wheel of enticing hues giving it center-stage on the dinner plate. Leftovers only taste better and better as the flavors get swallowed up in each other. The next time you crave something different and nutritious, give this recipe a whirl.
TRADITIONAL FOUR-BEAN COMBO
Ingredients:
1/2 pound bacon, sautéd and diced
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup brown sugar
15 ounces kidney beans, drained
15 1/2 ounces yellow waxed beans, drained
42 ounces pork and beans, with sauce
3 cups garden green beans, cooked al dente
Instructions:
Combine bacon, onion, mustard, vinegar, and brown sugar. Mix well. Add the beans and stir together to blend the colors and flavors. Transfer to a crock pot. Cook on HIGH until beans are bubbly. Turn to LOW setting and simmer for 5-7 hours. Unplug crock pot. Let stand 15-20 minutes before serving.
Can i do this without meat Gail? Just as a meal with rice perhaps? Not much of a cook but I like the thought of this.
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Certainly. Always an option. 💜
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This is an easy fix. I’m going to do this for a dinner this weekend 🙂
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I LOVE your take on bean salad . . and seeing as how I have most of these ingredients, Imma be doing it up this weekend thanks to you!
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This looks so beautiful and colorful. I imagine it would be the perfect side dish!
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It’s so easy in a slow-cooker. 😜
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I am sure!
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Mmmm. What a wonderful combination of beans and flavors. And on these hot summer days, I like using the crock pot. I think I’ll try this recipe with the ribs we always have on the 4th of July.
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Yay! Ribs sound like a perfect pairing. 👀🍃
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Oh my gosh this looks and sounds DELICIOUS!! 🙂 🙂 yummm!
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Then it’s settled. You have to try it! 😍
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Looks Great! It certainly is colorful and everything tastes better with bacon! 🙂
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Don’t we know it?! 😜
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