Cowboy Beans? - The Firearms Forum

45Smashemflat · 02-01-2006, 08:02 AM

I'm looking for a crockpot recipe for what we used to call cowboy beans. Pintos, ground beef, etc etc typically served over toast. Anybody got a good one?

inplanotx · 02-01-2006, 03:18 PM

One thing comes to mind................

45Smashemflat · 02-01-2006, 04:45 PM

Somehow I knew that was going to happen!!!

SouthernMoss · 02-01-2006, 09:02 PM

Never heard of Cowboy Beans before. I'm always game for a new dish, though.

Here's a recipe I found on the 'Net. Can't vouch for it personally, so take it for what it's worth:

Ingredients:

1 pound hamburger
1 small onion, chopped
1/4 cup catsup
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons sorghum
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons mustard
1 can pork 'n beans
1 can butter beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
1/2 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions:

Cook hamburger until brown; drain. Add onion and cook until tender. Add to crockpot with remaining ingredients. Heat on high for 1 hour then reduce heat to low and cook 2-3 hours.

This recipe for Cowboy Beans serves/makes 6.

SouthernMoss · 02-01-2006, 09:06 PM

Here's one more I found:

1 lb dry pinto beans
1 lb hamburger meat
1 lrg onion, chopped
1 sm green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar
garlic, to taste
salt, to taste

Instructions: Cook pinto beans. Brown hamburger meat, onion, and green pepper. Season with garlic, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Drain and add to cooked beans. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, simmer until flavored. Serve with cornbread.

xxxxxxl · 02-02-2006, 06:33 AM

The before mentioned recipes will work, but I prefer smoked brisket in place of ground beef. Yummy!

45Smashemflat · 02-03-2006, 02:24 PM

Thanks to all!

IShootBack · 07-13-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthernMoss

Here's one more I found:

1 lb dry pinto beans
1 lb hamburger meat
1 lrg onion, chopped
1 sm green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar
garlic, to taste
salt, to taste

Instructions: Cook pinto beans. Brown hamburger meat, onion, and green pepper. Season with garlic, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Drain and add to cooked beans. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, simmer until flavored. Serve with cornbread.

That is how I make them except I use hot sausage & sweet sausage rather than beef. I also add 12 oz beer and a few shakes of Red Hot sauce and a tablespoon of molases. I have been known to throw in some tomatos and bacon as well... I soak the dry beans (pinto or navy) overnight in chicken broth. Now I'm hungry....

358 winchester · 07-16-2006, 03:40 AM

Now that is my kind of food

just leave out the brown sugar and throw in a couple of cans of ROTEL tomatoes. Dang I am hungry just thinking about them.
Ron

1952Sniper · 10-19-2006, 04:35 PM

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just leave out the brown sugar

No kidding. Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but any recipe that calls for putting brown sugar in with pinto beans cannot have the name "cowboy" in it. It sounds like some kind of yankee recipe. You'd never catch real cowboys putting brown sugar in their pinto beans.

Red Neck64 · 10-19-2006, 04:44 PM

All the above sound like a plan in getting MOMA to getup and sleep on the couch,or go for a divorce??

AL MOUNT · 10-19-2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 358 winchester

Now that is my kind of food

just leave out the brown sugar and throw in a couple of cans of ROTEL tomatoes. Dang I am hungry just thinking about them.
Ron

Make that HOT Rotel tomatoes....

and I'm with ya 100%......

berto64 · 11-17-2006, 04:56 PM

Wot's a Rotel tomato? I use FRESH tomatoes in my beans!

Nuttin' comes out of a CAN! Might cut up some spuds to toss in and NO hamburger. Pork hocks or bacon or ham only. Usually bacon, the fatter the better.

Don't fergit to throw in a bay leaf or two. Take'm out before serving.

All of this served with hot jalapeno cornbread smeared with REAL butter. No Oleo allowed in my kitchen.

AL MOUNT · 11-18-2006, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berto64

Wot's a Rotel tomato? I use FRESH tomatoes in my beans!

"Rotel" is a really good brand of canned diced tomatoes.

If you get the hot rather than the original, it will definitely add a "bite" to what ever you add them too...yum...yum.....

there fer that time when fresh maters would get squashed in yer saddle bag....

.....pilgrim.....

southernshooter · 11-18-2006, 07:13 AM

Beans ain't bean without ham hocks

Crpdeth · 11-18-2006, 08:37 AM

I'm with you Al, I seldom have the time to grow tomatoes anymore, although every year I promise myself I'll get back to it, I do have some fresh, dried, crushed tomato left in the pantry from when I was really into gardening, but I use ALOT of Rotel in my cooking, it does tend to add a little spice...I love the diced tomatoes and green chilis.

Crpdeth

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SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: Cowboy Beans? Never heard of Cowboy Beans before. I'm always game for a new dish, though. Here's a recipe I found on the 'Net. Can't vouch for it personally, so take it for what it's worth: Ingredients: 1 pound hamburger 1 small onion, chopped 1/4 cup catsup 1/4 cup BBQ sauce 1/3 cup white sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons sorghum 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons mustard 1 can pork 'n beans 1 can butter beans 1 can kidney beans 1 can pinto beans 1/2 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled Directions: Cook hamburger until brown; drain. Add onion and cook until tender. Add to crockpot with remaining ingredients. Heat on high for 1 hour then reduce heat to low and cook 2-3 hours. This recipe for Cowboy Beans serves/makes 6. __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

02-01-2006, 09:06 PM	#5
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: Cowboy Beans? Here's one more I found: 1 lb dry pinto beans 1 lb hamburger meat 1 lrg onion, chopped 1 sm green pepper, chopped 1/2 cup brown sugar garlic, to taste salt, to taste Instructions: Cook pinto beans. Brown hamburger meat, onion, and green pepper. Season with garlic, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Drain and add to cooked beans. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, simmer until flavored. Serve with cornbread. __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

02-02-2006, 06:33 AM	#6
xxxxxxl Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 547	Re: Cowboy Beans? The before mentioned recipes will work, but I prefer smoked brisket in place of ground beef. Yummy!

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45Smashemflat Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,494	Re: Cowboy Beans? Thanks to all!

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358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Cowboy Beans? Now that is my kind of food just leave out the brown sugar and throw in a couple of cans of ROTEL tomatoes. Dang I am hungry just thinking about them. Ron __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

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Red Neck64 Former Guest Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North N.Y.STATE Posts: 330	Re: Cowboy Beans? All the above sound like a plan in getting MOMA to getup and sleep on the couch,or go for a divorce??

11-17-2006, 04:56 PM	#13
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,385	Re: Cowboy Beans? Wot's a Rotel tomato? I use FRESH tomatoes in my beans! Nuttin' comes out of a CAN! Might cut up some spuds to toss in and NO hamburger. Pork hocks or bacon or ham only. Usually bacon, the fatter the better. Don't fergit to throw in a bay leaf or two. Take'm out before serving. All of this served with hot jalapeno cornbread smeared with REAL butter. No Oleo allowed in my kitchen. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

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Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Cowboy Beans? I'm with you Al, I seldom have the time to grow tomatoes anymore, although every year I promise myself I'll get back to it, I do have some fresh, dried, crushed tomato left in the pantry from when I was really into gardening, but I use ALOT of Rotel in my cooking, it does tend to add a little spice...I love the diced tomatoes and green chilis. Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer