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This dish is for cold winter days and nights, particularly enticing after you’ve been out shoveling snow and want something hot and tasty waiting for you. It’s a slow cooker recipe, which means you set it up, go shovel snow and more snow, and then go back into that warm, cozy house and sniff the air for the scent of this dish cooking.<\/p>\n
Cornbread by the pan, or cornbread muffins, go well with this, as do all kinds of cut-up veggies like celery, zucchini, radishes, carrots, green onions – the list is endless, but filling. Cole slaw is also good with this.<\/p>\n
Slow cooker BBQ beans and smoked sausage<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 cans (15.5 oz each) great northern beans, drained, rinsed<\/p>\n 2 cans (15 oz each) Progresso\u2122 black beans, drained, rinsed<\/p>\n 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)<\/p>\n 1 cup barbecue sauce<\/p>\n \u00bc cup packed brown sugar<\/p>\n 1 tablespoon ground mustard<\/p>\n 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce<\/p>\n 2 teaspoons chili powder<\/p>\n 1 ring (1 to 1 1\/4 lb) fully cooked smoked Polish sausage<\/p>\n Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.<\/p>\n Mix all ingredients except sausage in cooker.<\/p>\n Place sausage ring on bean mixture.<\/p>\n Cover and cook on LOW heat setting 5 to 6 hours.<\/p>\n This is the original Betty Crocker recipe. It is quick and easy to fix, and worth the wait. I always say try it their way and then adjust the seasonings to your taste and preference.\u00a0 Soy sauce can be substituted for Worcestershire, and if you use canned chili beans, the chili powder isn’t necessary. I found that it helps to cut the sausage into sections to pile more in there, but that’s up to you.<\/p>\n In regard to portions, I found that with chili beans, one 14-ounce can provides two servings.<\/p>\n Enjoy and have a good book at the ready afterwards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"