Calico Beans, Beans, & More Beans

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs hamburger
• 1 (16 ounce) can manwich sloppy joe mix (bold)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans petite diced tomatoes
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope onion soup mix (lipton, mrs.grass, knorr, type)
• 1 (28 ounce) can bushes baked beans (i use the boston flavor, but use whatever flavor you like)
• 2 (16 ounce) cans large butter beans
• 2 (16 ounce) cans baby butter beans
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can light red kidney beans
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans (not the spicy ones)
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can baby lima beans
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup heinz 57 steak sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sour cream, per serving (optional)
• 3 -6 saltine crackers, per serving (optional)
• 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese, per serving (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in large skillet or dutch oven brown hamburger; as you are doing this add the envelope of onion soup mix.
• 2 when hamburger/soup mix is browned, add can of manwich bold.
• 3 next lightly rinse all beans except the bushes baked beans.
• 4 add petite diced tomatoes and all types of beans to hamburger/soup/manwich mixture.
• 5 stir together over medium heat.
• 6 add ketchup, heinz 57, and brown sugar.
• 7 heat thoroughly.
• 8 dish into large bowls.
• 9 garnish with grated cheese, crackers & a dollop of sour cream.
• 10 sometimes this dish will become very thick, if this happens you can thin with water or beef broth.
• 11 special note: you can pretty much add or delete any bean you like or maybe dislike?!
• 12 just have fun! and enjoy!
• 13 this recipe makes quite a bit. so if you're not feeding 8-12 you can freeze the extra or half the recipe.