Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Cowboy Beans
Cowboy Beans brings together bacon, ground beef, and onion. Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 80 min
- Total
- 90 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 16 listed
Make it part of your week
Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Appetizers & snacks · Sides
- Primary protein
- Beef · Pork
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted · Slow cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
2. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
3. Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Get to know the ingredients
Bacon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Set half of the uncooked bacon aside for topping.
Ground beef
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add ground beef and onion to the same pan and cook over medium heat until no pink remains, drain any fat.
Onion
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add ground beef and onion to the same pan and cook over medium heat until no pink remains, drain any fat.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 9 steps completeMake room for Cowboy Beans
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Top with reserved bacon before serving. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Choose the slow-cooker schedule first
Read the setting and cooking time in the full method before deciding when to start. Keep the finishing steps in view as well, so the dinner fits the day you have.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven and slow cooker. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat oven to 350°F.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Top with reserved bacon before serving.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Read the setting and cooking time in the full method before deciding when to start. Keep the finishing steps in view as well, so the dinner fits the day you have.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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