• one medium onion that is minced or cut to a size of chunks of your liking
• two large cloves of garlic that is minced (or more if you’re a garlic fiend)
• bourbon, about 1/4 cup
• strong coffee, black, about 1/4 cup (set aside some from the morning brew)
• jalapeño mustard, about 1/4 cup
• chipotle Worcestershire sauce, about two tablespoons
• ground pepper, season to taste, about 1/2 teaspoon
• kosher salt, about one teaspoon
• hot Hungarian paprika, about one tablespoon
• diced ham, about one cup (I use left over ham from my ham shanks)
• baked beans, plain, five 14.5 oz cans (use your favorite unseasoned baked beans or make your own)
• bacon, six strips
• bacon, cooked crispy and crushed, about 1/4 cup (crispy bacon has a good flavor)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray some oil in a 9 x 13 inch ceramic baking dish (or equivalent size dish).

Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl, except the ham, beans, and bacon strips until blended. Then mix in the ham and beans; dump this into the baking dish. Arrange the bacon strips across the top.

Bake it for about one hour, or until the beans are thick and the bacon on top is crisp. (you can also place the dish beneath the broiler to crisp the bacon if an hour passes and the beans are done.)

I like to serve this with some grilled meat and corn on the cob.