• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Recipes That Crock!

cRockin' Slow Cooker Recipes All Year 'Round! Delicious crock pot recipes for Pot Roast, Pork, Chicken, soups and desserts! Try our famous crockpot recipes!

Welcome to our site dedicated to all things slow cooking! Pull up a chair and check out slow cooker recipes for every occasion- all year ’round!

recipes that crock slow cooker recipes

On Instagram Contact On Facebook On Twitter In a Reader On Pinterest On YouTube

  • About Us
    • About Cris
    • About Aunt Lou
    • About Mikey
    • Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    • Disclosure & Privacy Policies
  • Tips & Tools
    • How to Choose the Best Crock Pot for You
    • Slow Cooker Cookbooks
    • My Slow Cookers
    • Successful Slow Cooking Tips
  • Recipe Index
  • Recipe Box
  • Ingredients
    • Beef
    • Chicken
    • Pasta
    • Pork
    • Potatoes
    • Rice
    • Seafood
  • Popular
    • Freezer Cooking
    • Holiday and Party Recipes
    • Kid-Friendly
    • Low Carb Recipes
    • Sandwiches
    • Quick and Easy Recipes
  • Type
    • Appetizers and Dips
    • Breads
    • Breakfast
    • Crock Pot
    • Desserts
    • Grill Recipes
    • Main Dishes
    • Oven or Stovetop Recipes
    • Side Dishes
You are here: Home » Aunt Lou » Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

May 9, 2017 By Aunt Lou 28 Comments

Pin
Share
Tweet
Share
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day! via @recipescrock

These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!

These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!
Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

Note: We use referral links for the products we love

Aunt Lou here.

I love this recipe because you can cut up your onion, fry up your beef and bacon and put your beans on to soak the night before. The next morning, you can throw all the ingredients together you prepared the night before in a no time! This is also a great all-day recipe. Tons of wins with these yummy Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans folks! This recipe was inspired from a recipe in Crock Pot’s 365 Days of Crock Pot Recipes.

These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!
Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

Note: Scroll to the bottom for the printable recipe.

Ingredients for Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

  • 1 lb pinto beans, cleaned, soaked overnight and drained
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 3/4 lb bacon, fried and crumbled, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings
  • 8 cups water
  • 2 10 oz cans diced tomatoes with green chiles
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin

How to Make Beefy Hearty Beans in a Crock Pot

  1. In a skillet, brown your ground beef with your onion and drain
  2. Place your beans, beef and bacon crumbles in your crock pot
  3. Cover with 8 cups of water
  4. Add remaining ingredients and stir gently
  5. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours

Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans Notes:

  • You can serve these Crock Pot Beef Hearty Beans up with a slotted spoon for a delicious side or with a ladle for a yummy soup!
  • I used my 6-quart Programmable Travel Crock Pot. It was the perfect size for this recipe.
  • As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
  • All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!
Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

Need Dinner Ideas?

Our 10 Must Have Ground Beef Recipes are a great way to use Make Ahead Ground Beef to make dinner a snap! We now have this tried and true recipe collection available in a recipe printable bundle!

10 Must Have Ground Beef Recipes (plus Bonus) Printable Bundle Options

SAVE THIS RECIPE TO YOUR FREE RECIPE BOX

On Recipes That Crock we have a way for you to save recipes to your own free recipe box. This way you won’t ever lose a recipe. With your free RTC account, you know that your favorite recipes and all the recipes you want to try are always just a click away.

Click Here to: Learn how to use your Recipe Box on this site.

You can register (or login if you already a user) here: Register/Login Here.

NOTE: If you don’t see the recipe box save buttons, you need to sign in.

These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!

Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans

These Crock Pot Beefy Hearty Beans are a great way beef up a weeknight dinner. They can be prepped the night before and cook all day!
4.85 from 26 votes
Print Pin Rate
Course: Side
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Prevent your screen from going dark

Ingredients

  • 1 lb pinto beans cleaned, soaked overnight and drained
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 3/4 lb bacon fried and crumbled, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings
  • 8 cups water
  • 20 oz diced tomatoes with green chiles (2-10 oz cans)
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin

Instructions

  • In a skillet, brown your ground beef with your onion and drain
  • Place your beans, beef and bacon crumbles in your crock pot
  • Cover with 8 cups of water
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir gently
  • Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours

Notes

  • You can serve these Crock Pot Beef Hearty Beans up with a slotted spoon for a delicious side or with a ladle for a yummy soup!
  • I used my 6-quart Programmable Travel Crock Pot. It was the perfect size for this recipe.
  • As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
  • All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Tried this recipe?Mention @RecipesthatCrock or tag #RecipesthatCrock!
Crock Pot Party Beans Recipe
Are you looking for a great dish to bring to an upcoming party or potluck? These Crock Pot Party Beans make a fantastic dish full of flavor and everyone just loves them!
Check out this recipe
Crock Pot Party Beans: The PERFECT dish for any potluck! Fantastic flavor. Everyone will want this recipe.
Easy Crock Pot Cowboy Beans
These Easy Crock Pot Cowboy Beans are always a hit!
Check out this recipe
These Easy Crock Pot Cowboy Beans are always a hit!
Crock Pot Cowboy BBQ Beans
Great sweet and tangy bean recipe for the slow cooker. Crock Pot Cowboy BBQ Beans!
Check out this recipe
Are you looking for an easy dinner idea? Or, are you looking for a great slow cooker recipe to bring to a potluck? You simply must try these yummy Crock Pot Cowboy BBQ Beans.
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Follow me
Aunt Lou
I'm wife to Michael (not Mikey 😉 ) and mom to Mr. Ryder and Miss Iyla. I'm just walking through this life step by step focusing on enjoying the little things in life. I am in awe of the many blessings big and small I receive daily from a pretty amazing God who calls me His own. Sometimes life is crazy and messy, but I am loving every minute of it.
Follow me
Latest posts by Aunt Lou (see all)
  • Crock Pot Savory Sweet Chicken - March 16, 2023
  • Homemade Caramel Apple Cake - March 15, 2023
  • Budget Meal Plan: Week 25 - March 15, 2023
Pin
Share
Tweet
Share
newsletter banner

We are SO glad to have you in our slow cooking family!

Just fill out the form below and look for a confirmation email in your inbox! Our newsletter is always FREE and we are always serving up some yummy recipes!

You have Successfully Subscribed!

We promise not to spam you. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Filed Under: Aunt Lou, Beans, Beef, Crock Pot, Pork, Recipes, Side Dishes, Tomato Tagged With: bacon, beans, beef, Crock Pot, CrockPot2, Pork, tomato

SAVE THIS RECIPE TO YOUR FREE RECIPE BOX

On Recipes That Crock we have a way for you to save recipes to your own free recipe box. This way you won’t ever lose a recipe. With your free RTC account, you know that your favorite recipes and all the recipes you want to try are always just a click away.

Click Here to: Learn how to use your Recipe Box on this site.

You can register (or login if you already a user) here: Register/Login Here.

NOTE: If you don’t see the recipe box save buttons, you need to sign in.

Previous Post: « Meal Planning: Weekly Crock Pot Menu 34
Next Post: Crock Pot Chicken Recipes: Friday Favorites »

Reader Interactions

SAVE THIS RECIPE TO YOUR FREE RECIPE BOX

On Recipes That Crock we have a way for you to save recipes to your own free recipe box. This way you won’t ever lose a recipe. With your free RTC account, you know that your favorite recipes and all the recipes you want to try are always just a click away.

Click Here to: Learn how to use your Recipe Box on this site.

You can register (or login if you already a user) here: Register/Login Here.

NOTE: If you don’t see the recipe box save buttons, you need to sign in.

Comments

  1. Janet Bagley says

    September 10, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Can this be frozen?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      September 13, 2021 at 10:51 am

      5 stars
      We haven’t tried freezing these. If you give it a try, let us know how it goes!

    • Kimberly says

      September 13, 2021 at 5:59 pm

      I hv just put on the pot but without cummin and chili powder. Is it going to be ok?? I also added soulfood season. Yes im southern lol.

    • Aunt Lou says

      September 14, 2021 at 2:33 pm

      5 stars
      I haven’t tried this recipe with those changes. It will change the flavor since the seasonings are different, but might be quite tasty! Let me know how it turns out!

  2. Sharyl Connor says

    August 2, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    Hello! Could I use this recipe with a 4qt. slow cooker using pinto beans and later on blackeye peas recipe? It is just me and I have a 4qt and I think a 7qt. Thanks for everything. Many blessing to you and yours.

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      August 5, 2021 at 11:58 am

      5 stars
      I’m not sure this would fit well in a 4 quart slow cooker. If you want to make fewer portions, you can hover over the blue servings number in the recipe card and move the slider that appears to how many portions you desire. That will change the amounts on the ingredients to match what you would need. (Cris explains it really well here: https://www.recipesthatcrock.com/resourcestips-tools/how-to-adjust-crock-pot-servings/). If you still want all the servings, I think this would be better for your 7 quart slow cooker. Enjoy!

  3. Lashon B says

    April 8, 2020 at 1:03 am

    I’ve made these beans a few times now and my husband said they’re the best he’s ever had. I love the flavors. The adjustment I make is that I double the chili powder. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    January 11, 2020 at 1:40 am

    Question… If I double the recipe would I double the water?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      January 14, 2020 at 3:05 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Lisa!

      I haven’t ever tried doubling this recipe. I’m not sure it would all fit in a 6-quart. I would recommend making two batches.

      Aunt Lou

  5. Rachel says

    December 9, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    What is the reserved bacon drippings for?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      December 12, 2019 at 4:55 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Rachel!

      The bacon drippings add flavor to the beans and are added in step 4. Enjoy!

      Aunt Lou

    • Heather says

      November 7, 2022 at 4:15 pm

      Can you substitute anything else for the bacon if you don’t have it.

    • Aunt Lou says

      December 9, 2022 at 8:08 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Heather!

      If you don’t have bacon, you could use Bacon Bits or Real Bacon Pieces. If you don’t have either of those, you can omit them. It will change the flavor of the recipe some, but the beans should still have a good flavor with all the other ingredients. Enjoy!

      Aunt Lou

  6. Danny says

    September 10, 2019 at 5:36 pm

    1 star
    I have to be honest here,this looked sooo goood in the pic that i just knew it would taste great so i made double the amount,following the exact recipe x2. I made a huge mistake, i spent $31 to make the blandest pot of beans i have ever tasted,its kind of like chili,but then again its not. Maybe like if you took a 15oz can of chili and then added 2 gallons of water to it,thats what it tastes like. I just added 2 packs of chili’o to it and another can of diced tomatoes in hopes of saving my investment…sorry…just being honest…

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      September 12, 2019 at 10:25 am

      5 stars
      Hi Danny!

      Sorry this was not your cup of tea! We recommend always trying a new recipe first before doubling. Hope you were able to enjoy it in the end!

      ~Aunt Lou

  7. Christina marin says

    June 25, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    Am I able to use canned pinto beans? If so, do I adjust the water ratio and/or time?”

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      July 2, 2019 at 11:35 am

      5 stars
      Hi Christina!

      I haven’t tried this with canned pinto beans. I think it would work. I would use the canned pinto beans undrained and reduce the water quite a bit since the beans won’t be soaking up the water while they cook. Also, watch it closely the first time you make it to know how to adjust the timing for the canned beans. I would start checking it around the 3-4 hour mark depending on how hot your slow cooker cooks. If you give it a try, let me know what adjustments you made and how it turns out!

      ~Aunt Lou

  8. Tonya says

    May 5, 2019 at 1:08 pm

    Hi Kathi

    How can I prepare this recipe in my instapot?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      May 7, 2019 at 10:17 am

      5 stars
      Hi Tonya!

      I haven’t made this in an electric pressure cooker yet, but I think I will add it to my list! I’ll post the link here when I figure out the timing and have the recipe up on our site! Thanks for the idea!

      ~Aunt Lou

  9. Anne Holcomb says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:12 am

    You talk about preparing the onions the night before but I don’t see them in your recipe. Are they in your recipe?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      May 22, 2017 at 12:25 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Anne!

      You’ll add them in on step 3 when you add in the remaining ingredients. Enjoy!

      Aunt Lou

  10. Pam Houdashell says

    May 9, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    I have a similar way to prepare pinto beans in a slow cooker. Since I love pinto beans and didn’t just want a different way to prepare chili I would not put in the chili powder or the cumin. Nor would I add the tomatoes. But this recipe gave me the idea to add a couple of small cans of diced chilies. I don’t know why I never tried that before. But I am going to add the bacon to my “plainer” pot of beans. It just sounds good.

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      May 10, 2017 at 4:38 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Pam!

      That sounds great! I love it when readers take our recipes and make them their own! I do want to clarify that this doesn’t taste like chili. Even with the chili powder and cumin, all of the flavors meld together perfectly into a unique flavor. Enjoy!

      Aunt Lou

    • Mary says

      October 25, 2020 at 12:46 am

      Well I soaked the beans for 11 hours then I browned the meat and onions, cooked the bacon and saved 2tbsp of bacon grease. Then I put all ingredients in my crockpot and cooked it on low for 9 hours. Beans still weren’t done so I cooked them on high for 4 more hours, still the beans weren’t soft. I am now going to cook them 4 more hours and I will let you know. Can’t figure out what when wrong.

    • Aunt Lou says

      October 26, 2020 at 1:48 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Mary!

      I’m so sorry to hear this. It sounds like your crock pot is not getting hot enough. If you have a different slow cooker, I would try it next time.

      Aunt Lou

  11. Kathi says

    May 9, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    5 stars
    Would love to try this recipe for a pot luck that is coming up in a few weeks. Question – can you add a slurry of 1/4 water and 1 Tablespoon corn starch to thicken the sauce (broth) so it’s not soupy? Your thought and comments on this please?

    Reply
    • Aunt Lou says

      May 9, 2017 at 5:46 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Kathi!

      I haven’t tried that with this recipe, but if I wanted to thicken it up, that is what I would try. Enjoy!

      Aunt Lou

    • Lillian C Nelson says

      September 16, 2020 at 2:04 pm

      The longer you let the beans cook/simmer the thicker the broth will become.

We love hearing from you, it totally makes our day! Please remember, our comment section is much like our dinner table... You don't have to like everything we serve up, but you do have to use your manners.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Note: If you cannot find the comment form on this post, comments are closed. Unfortunately due to the amount of spam we receive, we have to close comments after an initial commenting period. However, if you have any questions or feedback, you can always email us at Cris@RecipesThatCrock.com. Psst... If you want to send us a photo of a dish you created from the site, we'd love to see it any maybe even feature it on Instagram!

Primary Sidebar

Looking for Something?

Search Our Recipes

Perfect Crock Pot Roast

Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken

How to Save Recipes

Crock Pot Homestyle Pork Chops

Must Have Beef Recipes

These are our 10 Must Have Crock Pot Ground Beef Recipes. These tried and true recipes are our go-to for an easy dinner every time! We've included our popular Crock Pot Make Ahead Ground Beef recipe to make meal prep even quicker! This collection includes: Crock Pot Make Ahead Ground Beef, Crock Pot Cheesy Beefy Mac Casserole, Crock Pot Chili Mac Casserole, Crock Pot Crustless Pizza, Crock Pot Hamburger Casserole, Crock Pot Hamburger Soup, Crock Pot Mississippi Loose Meat Sandwiches and more

Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli

How to Meal Plan

Slow Cooker Stuffed Pepper Soup

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken Legs

Referral Links to Amazon Products You May Like

Copyright © 2023 · Recipes That Crock · DISCLOSURE, DISCLAIMER & PRIVACY POLICIES