Spicy Baked Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 lb jimmy dean ground lamb sausage
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 (28 ounce) cans bold-and-spicy baked beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained or 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can light kidney beans or 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained
• 3 cups bottled barbecue sauce
• 1/4-1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar (1/2 cup is on the sweet side)
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard
• fresh lemon juice, 1 squirt (optional but very good)
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 cook lamb sausage in an ovenproof dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring until sausage crumbles and is no longer pink. drain, reserving 2 teaspoons drippings in dutch oven. return sausage to dutch oven and stir in onion; saute until tender. add the remaining ingredients and stir to mix.
• 2 bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.