home made "baked beans"

[wads]

my kids always loved a good old tin of baked beans but for whatever reason are now refusing to eat them. They do love kidney beans though so I was thinking can you make a sort of beans in sauce thing with any type of bean? Or any other inventive things to do with beans as a side dish?

[arfishy]

That's a great idea. There is a recipe somewhere from FrannyandZooey for home made baked beans. I'll see if I can find it.

[jabberwocky]

I usually use pinto beans and add:

bacon
onion
bell pepper
bbq sauce
brown sugar
cinnamon
ketchup
mustard

no set amounts, just to taste

Then bake about an hour or until it has thickened nicely on top.

[wads]

when you say bake jabba I assume you mean in a pot on the hob? Do you fry onion & bacon 1st or just bung it all in? Thanks by the way

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

F&Z's baked beans

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

Sorry, that is a long thread and it opens up at the wrong place! The right post is by F&Z on Wed 05-Jul-06 07:59:32. HTH.

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

Just realised it is easier to paste it, so here it is!

Home baked beans 8 oz haricot beans 1 lb toms, skinned and deseeded (I used tinned and it is ok if maybe a little runny) 2 tbsp tom puree 2 tbsp molasses 2 tsp mustard powder 3/4 pint hot stock (that's three quarters, not 3 or 4 ) Soak beans overnight in large bowl covered with cold water. Drain well, put in sauce pan and cover with cold water by at least 2 ins. Bring to boil, skim surface, cover pan and cook at rolling boil for 30 mins. Drain well. Preheat oven to GM 2. Put beans in lge casserole and stir in all remaining ingredients. Mix well. Cover casserole and cook for 2.5 hours. Stir gently and cook for another 35 mins or until tender and sauce thickened. (normally takes up to 4 hours to get really tender and not too runny IME). Freezes well and is popular with dads as well as children. I normally cook at least double and freeze lots. It has been pointed out to me that with having to cook them for so long, and with baked beans being so cheap, that it is probably cheaper to buy them, but I would far rather have this sort with no salt and no artificial sweeteners. I think baked beans are a truly healthy food but the tinned sort normally have a lot of crap added. These are easy to make and also make the house smell lovely.

[jabberwocky]

I put it in the oven in a 9 x 12 baking dish at 350 F (sorry, not sure about C equiv)

Don't worry about cooking onion or bacon first just throw it all in

[Lullabyloo]

hi Jabber

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yum...sounds delicious

[jabberwocky]

Hey lully! It's one of my summer specialties actually, Goes great w/ grilled burgers.

I emailed you a couple of days ago. Did you get it?

[Lullabyloo]

no

[jabberwocky]

I wondered. Will resend once I get on that computer.

I just handed ds2 off to dh and am headed back to bed for a power nap before work...

[Lullabyloo]

ok honey