Tucumcari Baked Beans w/Green Chiles
Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 - cups dried navy beans
• 1/2 - cup pinto beans
• 6 - bacon slices, diced
• 1 - medium onion, sliced
• 1/4 - cup brown sugar (packed)
• 3 - Tablespoons molasses
• 1 - teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 - teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1/8 - teaspoon pepper
• 3 - green chiles, roasted and diced

Directions

1. Use your favorite method to tenderize beans or according to package instruction.
2. Drain beans and keep the liquid.
3. In a large skillet, brown bacon until crisp.
4. Remove bacon and remove all but a tablespoon of grease.
5. Sauté onions in skillet.
6. In a 2-quart un-greased casserole dish, add beans, onions and bacon. 
7. Stir in the brown sugar, molasses, salt, prepared mustard, pepper, chiles and 1 cup of the reserved liquid.
8. Then add the remaining reserved liquid or water to almost cover ingredients.
9. Cover and bake 3-1/2 to 4 hours.
10. Remove cover for the last 30 minutes of baking.
11. If beans look dry during baking, stir.