British Baked Beans
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 250 g pinto beans or 250 g haricot beans
- 200 g unsmoked back bacon (tastes better with) (optional)
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 tablespoons black treacle
- 800 g chopped tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- parsley, chopped
directions
- Soak the beans in cold water for 8 hours or overnight. Then cook according to pack instructions (I leave the lid off the pan, and add a tsp of baking soda to combat the gas producing side effects of beans. It works very well). Remember to boil well for 10 minutes before simmering, or you may get a tummy upset!
- Heat a large pan and add the bacon if using (if not using, make sure you use something else to lift the beans - more salt, a bit of chili, worcester sauce or whatever. These can also be added to the bacon version for still more flavour). Fry for 1 minute.
- Add the onion, celery (I use celery salt) and garlic, and continue to fry for 4-5 minutes until the bacon is cooked and the onion has started to soften.
- Stir in the chopped tomatoes, black treacle and tomato puree. Bring to a simmer, then stir in the cooked beans. Return to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes (or put into crockpot on low to be ready and waiting later).
- Stir in the chopped parsley then spoon over toast, into jacket potato, or whatever.
- Freezes well.
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I love to cook, and I love to eat! As a result I prefer to cook and eat healthy, low cal food on the whole, but only if it tastes good :-) I'm British, lived in Germany for 12 years, but have now moved back to the UK.
We try to grow and make as much of our food as we can.