Homemade baked beans in tomato sauce

Name: Homemade baked beans in tomato sauce
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 2 tins haricot beans (400g each), drained and rinsed; 1 tbsp cider vinegar; 150ml water

Soft haricot beans in a smoky, savoury tomato sauce, the proper homemade version of beans on toast.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.47 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

Tick what you need to buy. It goes on your shopping list.

1 tbspolive oil
1onionfinely chopped
2garlic clovescrushed
2 tbsptomato purée
1 tspsmoked paprika
400 gtin chopped tomatoes
2tins haricot beans (400g each)drained and rinsed
1 tbspcider vinegar
150 mlwater

Method

1
Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion for 6 minutes until soft.
6 min
2
Add the garlic, tomato purée and paprika. Stir for 1 minute.
3
Pour in the tomatoes, water and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.
4
Tip in the beans. Simmer gently for 20 minutes, until the sauce is thick and clings to the beans.
20 min
5
Mash a few beans against the side of the pan to thicken it more.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.