Today it is my honour to be co hosting Fiesta Friday again, along with the lovely Julie from Hostess at Heart – check out the fabulous bread she’s been making recently – we hope you will join us for the party, join the chat, and see what everyone is bringing along 🙂
For me, I’ve got several dishes ready to share with you all so I’ve had to be tough on myself and get decisive. And I decided to go for the beans!
I’m afraid I don’t like tinned baked beans. I realise that may be sacrilege to many, but for me, they’re just too sweet, and have never been very appealing. I do cook many cans of the Heinz variety, however, as they are very popular with my menfolk, and, weirdly, whenever my Grandmother laid on a ‘salad’, she thought it was the height of sophistication to (in amongst the standard iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber) include a bowl of cold baked beans as part of the selection!!! It couldn’t be further from my idea of a salad really…however, that is not what I’m here to debate…
I’m here to share my homemade ‘baked beans’. A very yummy dish, perfect for the cold weather, perfect to eat on their own, as a side dish, on toast, or over grains, as I did. Hot or cold, they’re good. And being homemade, there’s no chance of any hidden sugar or nasties.
I made my beans with black eyed beans because that’s what I had to hand, cannelini or haricot beans would be more typical, but really, I’d pick whatever beans you like!
Coconut oil, 1-2 tbsp
1 red onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 x 400g tin of your chosen beans, rinsed and drained OR 1 full cup of home cooked beans, drained
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes or passata
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 heaped tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
Note: Many recipes for homemade baked beans include some of sweet element like honey or maple syrup, or indeed sugar, but I didn’t, and the dish didn’t appear to be missing anything to me.
Method
Heat the coconut oil in a pan over a medium heat, once melted, add the onion and cook for a few minutes until it softens
Add the garlic and cook briefly
Add the beans, tomatoes, tomato purée, sauces, paprika and seasoning
Simmer for 5-10 minutes
Eat however you like! I ate the beans over a few days as I made double the amount above, including with eggs on one occasion..
These beans were inspired by the lovely dish that Jhuls made for my What would you feed me? guest series last year – I just wish I’d made them sooner!
Grab a fork and dig in! Enjoy!!
Have a great weekend and enjoy Fiesta Friday xx
Happy FF Elaine and thank you for hosting! After a bowl of your tasty beans I think canned beans would have to be banished forever.
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I think so too!! Hopefully I can convert my menfolk 🙂
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I have always wanted to make my own baked beans ever since I read Laura Ingalls’ books. Ma always made baked beans…with salt pork…and molasses…but I digress! Who needs those?! Passata and Worcestershire, that’s all we need! 🙂
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That’s it! And beans of course…;)
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They look delicious! Thanks for co-hosting our FF …happy FF and weekend! 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂 have a great weekend x
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I have always thought of making baked beans at home. My kids love it…the butter beans ones…your recipe sounds delcious and I am so happy to see the black eye beans there..
Have to try it 🙂
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Thank you, I hope you like it!
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this sounds so good and delicious!! I will try this recipe!!
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Thank you so much, have a great weekend 🙂
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I love making baked beans at home!! I just made some, and need to try this recipe next 🙂 I grew up eating beans on toast – I could never have enough! 😀
Happy FF!!
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Yay! I hope you like it! Thank you, have a great weekend 🙂
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Yay! I was just thinking of making beans. This looks really good & I love it more with that egg! 😀 Thank you for the mention, Elaine. And thank you for co-hosting this week’s FF! See what I brought? 😉 xx
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Thank you honey, I haven’t seen yours yet, I’m working my way through…;)
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What a great bean recipe this is, love all those bold flavors coming through. When I lived in England I never did like Heinz baked beans on toast :)…..it’s funny though whenever my husband makes breakfast when the girls are visiting, it is always eggs, bacon, mushroom and the infamous baked beans on toast :). No thanks! I’d prefer yours.
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Me too!!!
My husband could easily eat baked beans every day, in fact he’d happily eat eggs, bacon, beans and chips EVERY day!! Heathen!
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Sounds delicious! The photos are beautiful…Happy FF!!
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Thank you so much, have a great weekend 🙂
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I love baked beans, but like you, don’t want the canned version and end up redoing the whole thing. I love this recipe, and that egg in the last photo is a piece of art! It’s wonderful to co-host with you Elaine! You are always a great support for so many of us bloggers! Happy FF!
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Thank YOU Julie, it’s lovely to share this weekend with you xx
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I wonder if the baked bean variety from here in the U.S. is a little different from the baked bean variety you’ve mentioned, either way, this dish looks delicious! Wonderful job 🙂 Oh yes, and thanks for co-hosting!
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I wonder too? I think there does tend to be differences for different countries doesn’t there?
Thank you so much, have a great weekend 🙂
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Beautiful!! My mom, who didn’t like to cook but who did slave over baked beans, would cook beans using ketchup, molasses, powdered mustard, onions and bacon (laid in strips over top of the casserole). I think she would bake them long and at a medium temperature. The bacon would get crispy and would later be mixed and broken down into the beans with a spoon. That’s how we did it in the U.S. We would eat them hot or as part of a cold picnic with cold chicken drumsticks. Sounds kind of yucky, I guess. But I liked the beans and the chicken this way.
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It sounds good! I guess the bacon added the smoky flavour that the smoked paprika does in mine? And anything baked slow in a low heat is good isn’t it??
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I think all that sugar and bacon nullified any health benefits😋 I forgot to mention she started with an extra large can of Campbell’s baked beans. Bacon is definitely a common way around here to flavor beans. Also ham cubes sometimes too. I like your way much better, obviously !
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Obviously!!!
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There is just nothing better than homemade baked beans! This recipe looks amazing 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Mmm, Elaine! There is nothing better than homemade baked beans!! I used to make them years ago, but haven’t done so in ages. You have inspired me to revisit this lovely classic!
Thanks so much for co-hosting! We always appreciate it! 😀
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My pleasure 🙂 it’s always fun!
Do you make a similar recipe for your beans?
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Well hey there. So much I could say but hey. On a serious note, are you considering tomato puree here to be (what the writing says on the can:) “tomato paste” or “pureed tomatoes.” We love tomato paste round here because it’s so concentrated. Honest to God, too, Elaine, the one thing my husband will cook is baked beans. He adds molasses, tomato paste, mustard, and bacon and puts it in the oven. I agree not much need in my palate for more sweetness, and I use worcester too. What’s new is the smoked paprika, which I actually have right now. It is soooo good, just gives such a wonderful smoky flavor . . I’ve been putting it in everything, burger meat, salad dressings, scrambled eggs and the best so far: braised greens. Thanks for bringing the beans though, they are a great social food, easy to eat when talking to others too. Cheers!
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Hey 🙂 I think tomato puree would translate as tomato paste – the really thick concentrated stuff. And how interesting, you’re the second person now from the US who has mentioned cooking baked beans the way Mike does, it’s completely new to me.
And yes, smoked paprika is good with EVERYTHING! It’s so good! I have a huge jar of it and just love the smell, as well as the taste 🙂
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Just curious, Elaine, why the combination of canned and home cooked beans? I love beans of all sorts and right now I have some home cooked lima beans in my fridge that I snack on instead of getting stuck into bad for me type things. Weird? Maybe. But it works for me. 🙂
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I think your Lima beans snack sounds good, a great alternative to something less wholesome 🙂
It’s not a mix of canned and home cooked beans, it’s either/or. Not everyone cooks their own beans so I wanted to show a choice.
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Thank you
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Hello host Elaine! 😛 Another lovely looking recipe – I actually cooked baked beans today too!
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Cool! How did you cook yours?
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Similar to yours but no sauces… my new found secret sweetening addition to savoury dishes (instead of sugar)… can you guess what it might be!? 😛
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Well, I use onion powder, is that it?
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No. It’s… cinnamon! 🙂
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Aha! Yes, that makes senses 🙂
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🙂 indeed! I’ve started adding it to everything! 😛 x
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Very good for you! I pile it into my porridge x
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correction.. I’ve started adding it to everything savoury! 😛
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I once met a Lebanese lady who said that she added seasoning to everything, which always consisted of salt, pepper and cinnamon!
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Ooo 🙂 I knew it was a good thing!
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Black-eyed pea baked beans! That’s fabulous. Hugs!
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Thank you 🙂
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Arghhh silly mouse… that’ll be my cold hands since I turned the heating off! Homemade baked beans are just what you need on cold days like today! 🙂 Lovely photos as always… thinking I should make an effort to do an extra post for FF as you’re hosting! 🙂 xxx
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Yes, do it! And why not consider co hosting sometime?
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🙂 never considered it! I guess there’s no reason why I couldn’t! 🙂 x
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You’d enjoy it, you get to meet lots of new people, and they get to meet you 🙂
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Sounds fun 🙂 I’ll look into it! 🙂 x
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Email angie@fiestafriday.net she runs the blog party x
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I love your recipe Elaine, I will admit to liking canned baked beans but I think I like your’s a lot better. That photo with the egg is making me crazy it looks so good. Baked beans are so warm and comforting and delicious.
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They are, I think any kind of flavoursome bean dish is comforting, don’t you?
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Absolutely!😄
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It looks super tasty Elaine and the egg on the top is just perfect and beautiful. Always vibrant colors and I love that too. Thank you for co-hosting FF this weekend and have a fantastic weekend too! 🙂 xx
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Thank you so much, Linda, enjoy the fiesta! xxx
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Oh my! The egg on the baked beans it’s just…heaven! Great recipe and great co-hosting as always!Happy FF!cRIS
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Thank you ☺️☺️
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I grew up on “Campbell’s baked beans” and yes they are sweet but good once you add a few more ingredients. They were always part of any summer barbecue! Need to try a version like yours as I do try to stay away from anything “canned”. Happy FF and thanks for co-hosting #102 🙂
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I hope you like them if you do try it 🙂 thank you x
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Your baked beans look delicious Elaine, I don’t like the tinned version either, even the low sugar ones are too sweet. Thanks for co hosting Fiesta, off to check out some more fab recipes 🙂
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Thank you very much, enjoy the party 🙂
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Wow this looks amazing Elaine! I love beans
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Thank you 🙂
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Yumm
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I couldn’t agree with you more about tinned baked beans and the tins might not be good for you too. I will be trying these out fur my girls. Thank you.
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I was thinking about these for kids and I wonder if it’s worth making it all, minus the beans, so that you can puree the sauce, then add the beans? That way you still create a smooth sauce for the beans. I know that my son is more likely to eat it like that than if he can see the onion..
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Yes my girls are the same they ‘dont’ eat onions but actually they do all the time 😉 I hate giving them the H brand of baked beans but they love them so will def be trying this. I’ve got them off the H tomato ketchup and on to mine and now they don’t like having much of the processed one when we’re out. A small but major victory for me.
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That’s a huge victory! Well done!!!
Ben is the same, he eats onions in so many things, he even loves onion bhajis, but won’t eat a dish where he can actually see them!! Blending is the answer 🙂
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Oh so many things to love about this beans dish Elaine. Love the paprika and the addition of worctershire and soy sauces. Also love that you used coconut oil! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Indu 🙂
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Home made baked beans are the best and even better when it is cold like this outside! I couldn’t help but smile when I read about your Grandmothers salad. I eat tinned baked beans but I need to add lots of spiced and hot sauce to them, your beans sounds much nicer! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 yes, Grans salads were definitely interesting…;)
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I always wanted to try home made baked beans and your recipe looks so perfect Elaine. .. Thanks for the recipe…
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I hope you like it 🙂
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I had been on the lookout for a good homemade vegetarian baked beans for a while! Yours looks very good. Saving the recipe.
Happy weekend!
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Fab, I hope you like it 🙂
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That egg puts your beans over the top, Elaine! YUM.
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Thank you 😘😘😘
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I’ve never been a fan of tinned beans either, and keep meaning to have a go at making some myself. Yours sound delicious! Thanks for co-hosting the FF party this week too!
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I hope you like them 🙂 my pleasure, enjoy the party x
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I’m such a huge bean lover; I have a bean salad for lunch at least 2-3 times a week. I’m glad I stumbled across this recipe so that I can switch things up a bit…I think this would also be great over a bed of greens if you’re in a pinch and don’t have time to make rice.
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I think it would be great with green beans 🙂
Thank you, I hope you enjoy the recipe
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Gorgeous – lovely – who needs beans in a tin with this recipe Elaine….
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Yay! My thoughts exactly!
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After I saw your IG pic I made this for New Year’s Day. I used a roasted tomato sauce from my freezer stash that had a hit Hungarian pepper in it from the garden. It was quite a spicy batch of beans and I loved it! My favorite way to have the leftovers was with an egg on it. Here baked beans are traditionally pretty sweet. This was a nice change.
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Oops, HOT pepper, not hit!
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That sounds great! I made it again yesterday and added a pinch of cayenne pepper and some lemon juice, and it worked well 🙂
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They looks delicious!! I agree with you tinned baked beans are way too sweet. xx
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Thank you x x x
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