Recipe With Ground Beef and Pinto Beans
These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!
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I love this recipe because you can cut up your onion, fry up your beef and bacon and put your beans on to soak the night before. The next morning, you can throw all the ingredients together you prepared the night before in a no time! This is also a great all-day recipe. Tons of wins with these yummy Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans folks! This recipe was inspired from a recipe in Crock Pot's 365 Days of Crock Pot Recipes.
Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans
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Ingredients for Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans
- 1 lb pinto beans, cleaned, soaked overnight and drained
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced
- 3/4 lb bacon, fried and crumbled, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings
- 8 cups water
- 2 10 oz cans diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
How to Make Beefy Hearty Beans in a Crock Pot
- In a skillet, brown your ground beef with your onion and drain
- Place your beans, beef and bacon crumbles in your crock pot
- Cover with 8 cups of water
- Add remaining ingredients and stir gently
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours
Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans Notes:
- You can serve these Crock Pot Beef Hearty Beans up with a slotted spoon for a delicious side or with a ladle for a yummy soup!
- I used my 6-quart Programmable Travel Crock Pot. It was the perfect size for this recipe.
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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- 1 lb pinto beans cleaned, soaked overnight and drained
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion diced
- 3/4 lb bacon fried and crumbled, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings
- 8 cups water
- 20 oz diced tomatoes with green chiles (2-10 oz cans)
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
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In a skillet, brown your ground beef with your onion and drain
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Place your beans, beef and bacon crumbles in your crock pot
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Cover with 8 cups of water
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Add remaining ingredients and stir gently
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Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours
- You can serve these Crock Pot Beef Hearty Beans up with a slotted spoon for a delicious side or with a ladle for a yummy soup!
- I used my 6-quart Programmable Travel Crock Pot. It was the perfect size for this recipe.
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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