Traditional Baked Beans

Wholesome and filling meal. You can make it vegetarian by omitting the chicken stock powder and chorizo sausage. Add more veggies

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Prep Time 1

Cook Time 7

Total Time 1 7

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Servings

375 grams McKenzies white beans
1 tbsp tomato paste
3 cups water (for cooking)
1 brown onion, diced
1 tsp vegetable/chicken stock powder you can add extra
Handful fresh mint leaves chopped fine
4 tbsp olive oil
3 tsp sweet paprika
Juice of half a lemon with enough water to cover beans for soaking + to allow for beans soaking up water. Water should be half parts boiled water and half parts cold water but volume will depend on size of bowl you are soaking in. (I use 3 cups of boiling + 3 cups of cold water)
1 chorizo sausage, cut in half and chopped small
2 tsp Sugar (for the acid from tomato paste)

Put beans in glass bowl, rinse and add lemon juice, then add enough water to cover beans and extra 4inch water
Cover and soak 24 hrs
Drain and rinse well
Put in slow cooker, add water and cook on HIGH for 1hr
Reduce to LOW
In fry pan add enough oil and fry onion till golden brown and soft
Add to bean mix
Fry 3 tablespoons oil and paprika with tomato paste for 1 minute
Add to bowl and stir well
Fry garlic 1 minute add to bowl, stir well
Add chopped mint and stir well
Cook on LOW 7-9 hrs till beans are to your liking
From here you can bake the beans in the oven in a dish for 30mins at at 200c
Remove from oven and serve with crusty buttered bread
If too much water, you can make a corn flour slurry to thicken it up
This is my mother Lina's amazing recipe
Recipe submitted by Maria Mihailidis

Keyword Beans