Boy Scout Beans

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs italian sausage or 2 lbs tofu
• 2 cups sweet onions, diced
• 3 -6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar or 1/2 cup brown sugar substitute, packed
• 1 (15 ounce) can chili beans, do not drain
• 1 (15 ounce) can yellow wax beans, do not drain
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can dark red chili beans, do not drain
• 15 1/2 ounces dark red kidney beans, do not drain
• 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans, do not drain (your choice)
• 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, do not drain
• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, do not drain
• 1 (16 ounce) can great northern beans, do not drain
• 1 (14 ounce) can green beans, do not drain
• to taste salt
• to taste pepper
• 1 -2 pod jalapeno pepper, seeded, minced (optional)
• to taste sweet pepper, chopped green chilies (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, brown the sausage/tofu/or meat of your choice, onion and garlic. place this mixture, the barbecue sauce, sugar and all the beans without draining their liquid into the slow cooker/dutch oven. season with salt and pepper and optional ingredients of your choice . cover and simmer for 1 hour on high or 3 hours on low.
• 2 note: low is best! you can scorch the beans on the bottom when cooked on high.
• 3 this is always better the next day when the flavors have had a chance to blend. this can be canned, frozen or refrigerated for days.