Crock Pot Ground Beef And Beans

Total Time: 5 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons fresh minced garlic
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 -2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2 -4 teaspoons dried chili pepper flakes
• 3 carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 2 green bell peppers, seeded and chopped (or use red bell peppers)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1/4 cup beer
• 1/3 cup barbecue sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups canned mushroom slices
• 1 (28 ounce) can baked beans (heinz is good!)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans red kidney beans
• seasoning salt or salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot or skillet brown the ground beef with onions, garlic, celery, jalapeno peppers and chili flakes until the beef is no longer pink; drain fat.
• 2 add in all the remaining ingredients; stir to combine bring to a simmer then transfer to the crock pot (or simmer on top of the stove over very low heat for about 3 hours).
• 3 cover and cook on low heat for about 5 hours.
• 4 season with salt and pepper about halfway through cooking.