RECIPE FOR COWBOY BEANS

COWBOY BEANS
Makes 100 servings.
(1 cup serving provides 2 oz. meat alternate and ¼ cup vegetable)
INGREDIENTS WEIGHTS MEASURES
Beans, Uncooked ** 9 ¼ lbs. 1 gal. & 1 ½ qts.
Ground Beef 2 lbs.
Celery, chopped 2 bunches
Onions 3 lbs. 7 ½ cups
Tomato paste 18 cups (1 ½ # 10 can)
Chili powder 3 Tbsp.
Pepper 3 Tbsp.
Salt ½ cup
Sugar ½ cup
** If beans have been cooked and drained, 12 ¾ qts. may be used.
DIRECTIONS:
1 cook beans in normal method
2 Cook beans until tender.  Brown beef, celery and onions; add tomato paste, chili powder, pepper, salt and sugar.  Simmer 20 minutes.
3 Add to cooked beans.  Heat until flavors are blended.  SERVE HOT.
 Number of Portions 100
Size of Portion ½ cup
Calories. 100 Iron 2.25 Mg Protein.  5.74 G 22.90%
Cholesterol  5 Mg Calcium  35.14 Mg Carbohydrates. 18.13 G 72.28%
Sodium 7341 Mg Vitamin A 125 RE Total Fat .  1.42 G 12.71%
Fiber  4.41 G Vitamin C 21.12* Mg Saturated Fat. 0.44 G 3.92%