Boy Scout Beans

Spencer and Tammy make these for the boy scouts all the time in Ibapah. The boys scrap the pan clean each time for good reason. They are very yummy.

Boy Scout Beans
1 lb bacon
1 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped2 (15 oz) cans pork and beans, undrained
1 (15 oz) can kidney beans, undrained
1 (15 oz) can garbanzo**, undrained
1 (8oz) can crush pineapple, undrained
2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp prepared mustard
1 tbsp liquid smoke

Crisp bacon in oven on cookie sheet at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Crumble. In large dutch oven pot, brown ground beef and saute onion with ground beef until translucent. Add salt and pepper to taste.  Dump canned beans and pineapple in to ground beef. Add bacon, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and liquid smoke. Simmer over low heat for 20-30 minutes. 

If you want to add a little kick, add a chopped jalapeno. 

**Can substitute for any canned bean - lima, white, black, etc.