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Mile High Baked Beans

July 3, 2016 By cookingintherockies 14 Comments

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Mile High Baked Beans

I love me some baked beans! These Mile High Baked Beans are loaded up with bacon, sausage and green chili! I promise you, this will be a new favorite!

Happy Fourth of July weekend everyone! I hope y’all are enjoying it! I sure am. We went to the Paris Street market yesterday, the Cherry Creek Arts festival today, and the mountains tomorrow for a hike with the dogs! Of course, a couple of backyard BBQs are in store! The 4th of July is always one of my favorite weekends as there is always so much to do!

I’m making this kind of short as I need to get going and I know y’all have a bunch going on too, so here it is. My contribution to this weekend get together’s will be baked beans. I was totally craving them and I’m catering a party in a couple of weeks and needed to come up with a “Colorado” themed menu that needed another side dish. I normally don’t like the overly “sweet”, molasses-laden, Boston style baked beans that give you a sugar high so I opted to mix things up and came up with my version. Mile High Baked Beans! A little sweet, tangy, spicy (kinda like me, lol), loaded up with smoked sausage and yes, Bacon! It’s screams Colorado with the added green chili to the mix! Forget Boston Baked Beans, Mile High Baked Beans are where it should be! It will be a new favorite and I know the guys that I’m catering the party for (they are from Boston, which is funny) will be converted too!

Happy Forth of July everyone and God Bless America!

Mile High Baked Beans
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Mile High Baked Beans

Mile High Baked Beans are not your average baked bean recipe! So hearty you could eat it as a meal!
Course Appitizer/Party food, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Southwestern
Keyword Baked Beans, Southwestern Baked Beans
Author Heather Blake

Ingredients

  • 1 pound bacon chopped
  • 1 large onion diced small
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • 1 pound Smoked Sausage or Kielbasa sliced thin
  • 1 cup diced green chili I used the 505 brand
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons brown mustard
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons pepper
  • 2 15 ounce cans butter beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 2 15 ounce cans pinto beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 2 15 ounce cans black beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 2 15 ounce cans cannellini beans (drained and rinsed)

Instructions

  • In a large heavy stock pot, cook the bacon until browned and crispy. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Leave the bacon grease in pan.
  • Add the onions and sausage and cook on medium heat until the onions are soft for about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and green chili and cook for another minute.
  • Add the brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, salt and pepper. Stir well, lower the temperature to low and let simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  • Sir in the beans and the reserved bacon to the pot.
  • Either heat up your oven or grill to 300 degrees. Either transfer the beans to a high sided baking dish or leave in your stock pot (if it's oven proof) and bake for 1 hour stirring occasionally to make sure everything is incorporated and to prevent from drying out.

Notes

If there are leftovers, they can be placed in zip lock bags and frozen for later!
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Filed Under: Condiment, Events and Parties, Football Fest Recipes, Main Courses, Protein Dishes, Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: 4th of July recipe, baked beans, baked beans recipe, Colorado cooking, forth of July recipe, Green chili, green chili recipe, Mile High Baked Beans, Mile High Baked Beans recipe, Rocky Mountain Cooking

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Comments

  1. Christine says

    May 16, 2019 at 7:57 AM

    These are the best baked beans ever. I have printed 3 copies, bookmarked this page, and taken screen caps of the recipe. I never want to lose it!

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      May 16, 2019 at 9:56 AM

      Wow!Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed them. I need to make some again too!

      Reply
  2. Robert says

    July 4, 2018 at 12:30 PM

    I love this recipe. They are always a huge hit whenever I make them. They are the perfect compliment to pulled pork, brisket or ribs. I’ve recently started to cater a few events and these got rave reviews!

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      July 16, 2018 at 9:08 PM

      Wow! What a great compliment Robert! The beans are great for a catered event because they make a bunch! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Scott W says

    August 16, 2016 at 7:49 PM

    3 stars
    We tried the beans tonight. We were excited because they look great. The 4 of us decided they were about a 7 out of 10 and wondered why we didn’t like them more. All of us agreed that the apple cider vinegar dominated the sauce. We also didn’t get the amount of sauce that your picture seems to show. Thanks for the recipe and we will definitely make it again with a couple tweeks.

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      August 21, 2016 at 6:51 AM

      Great! Thanks for the feedback! Sorry about the cider vinegar but I’m kinda a tangy kinda gal! The beauty about recipes is that you can always tweak them for your liking! I just love sharing my ideas! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Kerrin says

    July 22, 2016 at 3:49 PM

    How many does this serve?

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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 23, 2016 at 10:45 AM

      Hi Kerrin- It makes a lot- Its hard to say with beans because some people like me only eat a little bit but some people eat a lot of beans- my best guess is that this recipe makes 12-14 cups of beans! Hope this helps!

      Reply
  5. Pamela says

    July 4, 2016 at 4:57 PM

    I’m making this recipe today for my hus band and I. I’m sure they’ll be great. I commentered again soon. Thanks

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      July 5, 2016 at 10:46 AM

      Yeah! How did they turn out?

      Reply
  6. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

    July 4, 2016 at 6:59 AM

    You’re going to give some of those cucumbers to me … just sayin’
    These beans look fabulous Heather. Congrats on that catering job. I look forward to hearing all about it.
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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 5, 2016 at 10:47 AM

      I will have cucumbers coming out of my ears so YES!! Thanks! 🙂 Hope you had a great 4th!

      Reply
  7. Larry says

    July 3, 2016 at 12:24 PM

    The beans look outstanding Heather

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      July 3, 2016 at 12:44 PM

      Thanks Larry! I hope you are having a great 4th of July weekend! 🙂

      Reply

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