Slow-simmered Kidney Beans

Total Time: 6 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 6 slices bacon, diced
• 1/2 lb fully cooked polish sausage or 1/2 lb kielbasa, chopped
• 4 (16 ounce) cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 2 medium sweet red peppers, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 2 medium apples, unpeeled, cored and cut into 1/2 in pieces (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet, cook bacon until crisp. remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels.
• 2 add sausage to drippings; cook and stir for 5 minutes. drain and set aside.
• 3 in an ungreased 5 quart slow cooker, combine the beans, tomatoes, red peppers, onion, ketchup, brown sugar, honey, molasses, worcestershire sauce, salt and mustard. stir in the bacon and sausage.
• 4 cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
• 5 stir in apples.
• 6 cover and cook 2 hours longer or until bubbly.
• 7 cook's notes: i have never used the apples and never will. also in a pinch you can cook the onions and bell peppers in the bacon drippings, after the sausage, until translucent then add to the crockpot. this will cut down on cook time.