Three-Meat Beans

Today, in the spirit of love and giving thanks, I am going to share another family recipe.  This is a side dish that we learned from Jason's uncle Mark, and we make it every year for pre-Thanksgiving (Wednesday night) dinner at Jason's father's house.  Just like the 4 Layer Delight I posted recently, it's is a Southern thing....and so mouth watering.

INGREDIENTS

• 5 slices of bacon
• 1/2-pound of Kielbasa, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1/2-pound of ground beef
• 3 Tablespoons of chopped onions
• 32-ounces of canned Pork & Beans (depending on where you live and what size cans of beans are sold in your store, this might be two cans, or it might be three cans -- just make sure you end up with somewhere near 32-ounces total)
• 1/3-cup of ketchup
• 1/4-cup of brown sugar
• 2 Tablespoons of molasses
• 1-1/2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce
• 1-1/2 teaspoons of mustard

DIRECTIONS

1.  Pre-heat your oven to 350-degrees.

2.  Cook the bacon in a skillet; chop it up and set it aside in a large bowl (you will use this bowl later to mix everything together, so make sure it's a really big one).

3.  In the same skillet, brown the Kielbasa; remove from skillet into the large bowl, and discard the drippings.

4.  Add the beans, to the large bowl.

5.  In the same skillet, combine the onions and ground beef; cook, stirring, until the beef crumbles and is no longer pink. Dump the beef/onion mixture into the same large bowl.

6.  Add all the other ingredients to the bowl, and mix to combine.

7.  Pour it all into an oven-safe bean pot or baking dish, and bake (uncovered) for 30 minutes.

8.  Enjoy!