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Baked beans

This is great for tight budgets – try making a big batch and freeze for an easy meal another day.

This is great for tight budgets – try making a big batch and freeze for an easy meal another day.

Cooking Time

Cook: 15 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: 65p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 260g serving contains

Energy
1017kj
243kcal
12%
Fat
9.4g
Med
13%
Saturates
1.2g
Low
6%
Sugars
10.1g
Med
11%
Salt
0.5g
Med
8%
2
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
391kj/93kcal

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 level tsp Asda Onion Granules

1 level tsp mustard powder

400g can chopped tomatoes with garlic

2 level tsp soft brown sugar

5 level tbsp tomato purée

2 level tsp dried mixed herbs

2 x 300g cans haricot beans in water, (or cannellini beans in water), drained and rinsed

4 basil leaves

4 thick slices of bread, toasted, to serve

Method

1
Heat the oil and gently fry the onion granules and mustard powder for 1 minute, stirring.
2
Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato purée and herbs. Heat to a simmer and cook gently, uncovered, for 4 minutes. Take off the heat and add contents to a bowl. Allow to cool slightly.
3
Blitz the tomato sauce with a hand-held blender until smooth.
4
Return the sauce to the pan and add the haricot beans. Simmer over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
5
Tear the basil leaves into pieces and stir into the sauce. Serve on toasted bread.