Easy baked beans
Easy baked beans - healthy and delicious! It's the perfect easy lunch or quick dinner and even for snacks and great to have on hand in the freezer.
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Servings: 4 adults or 8 kids
Calories: 257kcal
Ingredients
- 2 x 400g cans of cannellini beans
- 1 700 g bottle of tomato passata
- 160 g 6oz short cut rindless bacon (nitrate-free, free-range if possible), diced
- 1 brown onion diced
- 2 heaped teaspoon crushed garlic
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- ¼ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil leaves
- ¼ teaspoon dried chives
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the bacon, onion and garlic until the onion is soft.
- Drain and rinse the beans and add them to the bot with the beans, tomato passata, tomato paste, basil, chives and water then bring to the boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and then cover and cook for one hour. Stir about every 15 minutes to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Remove the lid and cook for another 15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened to how you’d like it.
Nutrition
Calories: 257kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 382mg | Potassium: 989mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1242IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 4mg
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