Healthy baked beans

Try our speedy, healthy recipe for homemade baked beans. It wins hands down when it comes to taste and texture, and delivers three of your five-a-day

Prep:10 mins
Cook:20 mins

Serves 4
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 392
fat 4g
saturates 0g
carbs 58g
sugars 0g
fibre 21g
protein 21g
salt 1.7g

Ingredients

1 tsp rapeseed oil
1 large onion (185g), finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely grated
500g passata
3 pitted dates (about 15g), roughly chopped
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp bouillon powder
1 bay leaf
3 x 400g haricot beans, drained
4 medium cooked jacket potatoes

Method

Heat the oil in a non-stick saucepan over a low heat and fry the onion for 5 mins until golden. Add a drop of water if it looks like it’s starting to burn.
Stir in the garlic, then tip in the passata, dates, vinegar, bouillon and bay leaf. Grind in plenty of black pepper and simmer for 5 mins.
Tip in the beans and 400ml water, then simmer for 10 mins, stirring every now and then until thick. To freeze, leave to cool completely, then divide between freezer bags and freeze for up to three months. Defrost thoroughly in the fridge overnight and reheat in a pan until piping hot. Serve over jacket potatoes.

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