Smokey Bacon Beans & Crispy Jacket Potatoes
Found a problem: Suggest an editOnce you’ve made your own baked beans it’s hard to go back to the ones from the tin and they are much better for you!
This recipe is provided by OsNosh
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 small red pepper, thinly sliced into strips
- 3 x garlic cloves, halved & crushed
- 2 x 227g can chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 2 x 210g can butter beans or chickpeas or any other bean you like, drained.
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4 x jacket potatoes + olive oil to rub
- Some grated cheddar o
- 4 x slices of smoked bacon, chopped (optional)
- Chopped parsley or chives to garnish
Directions
Get your jackets on
- Heat the oven to 220c fan or 200c (gas mark 7)
- Rub a little oil over each potato and put on the top shelf of the oven
- Bake for 20 mins
- Then turn down the oven to 190c for fan or 170c (gas mark 5) and bake for 45mins – 1 hour more until the skin is crisp and the inside soft.
Make your baked beans
- Heat the oil in a small pan
- Add the bacon, onion and pepper
- Fry gently until soft, for about 10-15mins
- Add the garlic, tomatoes, paprika, vinegar, beans, sugar and sallt & pepper to the pan.
- Bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 mins or until slightly reduced and thickened
Ready for the plate
- Cut and butter your crispy jacket potatoes
- Fill with beans and garnish with cheese, parsley and chives.