Beans.
What do you think of when you think of beans? How about when you think of beans on toast? If I asked about a jacket potato and beans? If you are in the UK, likely is, there is a certain brand of beans in a tin you will think of whenever you think of beans! Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, the famous brand has been selling tinned beans for over 100 years and their slogan has been around for over 60 of those! Sometimes though, homemade beans are just what you need.
The Beans Recipe
This recipe is made to be as easy as possible! You need tinned tomatoes (or fresh if you want) or passata, and your favourite beans, either dried and rehydrated, tinned in water or from a pouch. Next you need a few different spices such as paprika, garlic granules, black pepper, onion granules, ground cumin and a bit of salt. You can add sugar if you wish, or sub cinnamon for sweetness. You can go spicy with ground chilli, or chilli flakes. Try barbecue beans by adding sugar, smoked paprika or liquid smoke.
Easy home made baked beans made with your favourite beans and spices.
- 1 x 400g Tinned tomatoes
- 400 ml water (measure in the tin)
- 1 or 2 x 400g tins of beans (cannellini, haricot, butter, kidney etc)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules
- 1/2-1 teaspoon paprika (regular/mild)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- salt to taste
- *optional 1 teaspoon sugar (or 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon)
- *optional pinch of cumin
- *optional 1/2 teaspoon onion granules
Tip the tomatoes into a large pan and add the water (use the can so you get all the juice out). Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat.
Drain your beans, then add to the tomatoes. Allow to cook through for 10 minutes.
Add the garlic, paprika and pepper and stir through. Season with salt if using. Add optional spices and taste test – adjust as necessary.
Cover and allow to cook until the sauce has thickened. Do a final taste test and adjust seasoning if needed.
Enjoy!
What do I need?
These have been created to be as easy as possible, but of course you can (as with most of my recipes), make these more complicated if you wish! Try barbecued black beans, curried butter beans or chilli kidney beans! Whatever you try, here are a few useful things for this recipe. I receive a small commission if you click and purchase through these links (this is at no additional cost to you)!
Serving
You can serve your beans with a jacket potato, with rice, on toast, as a side to a breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Eat them hot, eat them cold, dress them up with fresh herbs, sprinkle with cheese or just eat them as they are!
Storage
These beans should store well in the fridge for at least three days. Put them in a sealed pot or cover them with a silicon lid. You can add a bit of water to reheat (the sauce will thicken on storage).
Sharing
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I’m sharing these beans over at Grammy’s Grid Food Friday – this week it’s all about Healthy Recipes so this (& most other recipes you’ll find on this site) will fit perfectly!
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Thank you. I hope you get to make some.
Hi Laurena, I’ve always liked beans on toast! Tend to have this when hubby’s away as he’s in the minority in the UK who can’t stand (tinned) baked beans lol…except the ‘baked beans’ I make with his father’s borlotti beans…still have a stash in our fridge, they make for lovely soups too. I just add tomato puree/paste and hot water to my ‘baked beans’, also adding garlic powder, sweet paprika and a little cinnamon (and some chilli powder to mine)☺️
Ooo, love a Borlotti bean – did he grow them? (I should so do that)! I’ll be in the minority too – much too sweet for me and I might have been known to rinse the sauce off and make my own! Yay for adding cinnamon! If I make some in the slow cooker I usually add tomato puree, but it’s very difficult to find it in a tin here and tubes are not so recyclable!
Yes, he always grew his own🙏✨️
I just put the puree tubes in the plastic or metal recycling skips over here, I hope that’s ok lol. I should buy more of the little tins though, you do tend to find them a lot more in mainland Europe.
Ohhh… not sure we can do that as they still have paste in? Unless of course you have a secret method to get it all out? In Turkey they sell giant tins of it – like over 800g worth! and they have glass jars too! Maybe we’ll catch up one day!
YUM, looks good. Beans are like potatoes, there’s so many different ways to prepare them. Thanks so much for linking up at #FoodFriday 24 for Healthy Recipes. Shared.
Hello Dee, thanks for popping over here. I always gets your notifications but life is always so busy! Thought I’d make the effort today! Ooo, now there’s a thought… maybe I’ll create a beans & potato recipe! 😀
Super delicious and love beans in any shape or form.
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Thank you Esme and lovely to see you over at Life Diet Health. I will certainly check out SSPS, thank you! Have a fabulous week.
Much appreciated and thanks for checking out SSPS
CONGRATS Laurena! Your post is FEATURED at #FoodFriday 25 for Snack Recipes from the previous linkup for Healthy Recipes.
Fabulous. Thank you!
I love baked beans!
Hello Heidi. Yes, me too. Do you make your own?
Unfortunately not. I love Heinz baked beans though.
If you get a chance you should try making them – they’re really easy and you can adjust the taste to suit you (I love adding smoked paprika to get a barbecue taste, or chilli flakes to make them a bit spicier).