Homemade baked beans

4.86 from 7 votes

Author Katerina | Once a Foodie

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped finely
olive oil
2 large fresh tomatoes (off the truss, if possible), chopped
6 rashers of shortcut bacon, chopped
140 g (about 2 heaped tbsp) tomato paste (low salt, if possible) (I use one of these pods)
1.5 to 2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
2 cans organic cannellini beans (425g each), drained and rinsed (I buy these)
pinch of salt
1 tsp paprika or chili powder (optional, to be added if not feeding young kids)

Instructions

Cook the onion with olive oil for a couple of minutes, until it starts to soften.
In the meantime, chop your tomatoes and add them into the pot (one by one or all at once, either is fine).
Then add chopped bacon, tomato paste, maple syrup and tamari, bring to the boil and let bubble for 5 minutes over medium heat (uncovered).
Add the cannellini beans and the salt (and spices, if using) and let cook until the cannellini beans have been warmed through (a couple of minutes).
Cool slightly, serve and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe makes quite a lot of homemade baked beans - I would estimate that if you're eating baked beans on toast, you could feed 3 to 4 hungry adults, and if you're serving these with my zucchini and corn fritters, you'll probably have enough for a couple of meals for the whole family (6 to 8 servings), depending on how hungry everyone is.

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