Barbecue Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. ground pork (can use all beef)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (No. 2) can pork and beans
5 Tbsp. barbecue sauce
6 Tbsp. ketchup
1 or 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
chili powder to taste
1 small bell pepper

Preparation

Brown meat and onion in a small amount of fat in a skillet. Add beans, barbecue sauce and ketchup.
Also add brown sugar and chili powder, if used.
Turn into a 2-quart casserole; sprinkle with chopped bell pepper and bake in a 350\u00b0 oven until it bubbles all over.
Sometimes I use a heavy iron skillet to brown the onions and meat.
Add the chopped pepper also to this and combine everything; then simmer on top of stove, until heated through. Saves time and easier on cooling system in summer.