Excellent beans but it makes a lot! I did change a couple of things but I think the original recipe would be delicious! I used a 28oz can of Bushes baked beans 1 can of chili beans and 1 can of navy beans. I did use the full cup of sugar and catsup. I sprinkled a good amount of dried onions instead of using diced. I also only used 1/2 lb ground beef and no bacon (trying to lower the calories). Let cook for about 4 hours on low then 1 hour on high without the lid.. thickened right up.
I would love to give these beans a try. However, I am rethinking this simply because no one has reviewed this recipe without making as is. And again, their review is based on their changes. If, after making a recipe, I feel a need to make changes the next time, I will be respectful and keep my changes to myself and save only, with my changes. Just saying.
These are very delicious. I did substitute kidney beans with chile beans and pinto beans for lima beans because I can't stand them. But everything else was as written. Flavor was great.
This is a really good combination of beans ground beef and bacon and the taste is similar to a traditional Calico Beans. I knew 1 cup of brown sugar would be way too sweet for our tastes so I cut that in half and we were happy with the level of sweetness. Enjoyed this with some mini jalapeño corn muffins. Thanks for sharing this one's easy and gets a thumbs up in this house!
Very tasty I did add red and green peppers along with red and sweet onions took samplings to work and every one loved it. Served with cornbread.
Made as is: This Hobo Beans model is sheer genius; the key is finding the right quality ingredient brands ( not necessarily the top dollar ones either!! ) to make per directions---and it's not hard to do. First time I was amazed at the balance to Tex-Mex and BBQ smokehouse flavor essences something I really didn't expect. Kids love this dish served them in taco shell bowls topped with shredded cheese ( cheddar or pepperjack ) and I've wowed guests stuffing Hobo Beans in emptied green pepper shells and oven roasting them. This Hobo Beans model WILL inspire you to add personal artisan touches / tweaks--but you got to first make this by the book.
Followed the recipe as written ish. Great recipe, real comfort food. However after reading reviews I decided to cut sugar in half. It sounded like a lot of brown sugar for that amount of ingredients and collectively we all thought it was still a bit too sweet. Will certainly make again but next time I will start with a 1/4 cup and add if I need to. Truth be known I had it for breakfast the next morning. What was I suppose to do? It was just sitting in the crockpot calling my name!
I liked the recipe. The next time I make it I will decrease the amount of sugar to half. As written in my opinion it is a tad too sweet. I also added hot sauce in an attempt to cut the sweetness. I will again add hot sauce to spice it up a bit.
I love this recipe as is!!!! It's always a crowd pleaser and it makes ALOT!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the recipe
