Recipe: home made baked beans

Recipe: home made baked beans

I first made this in my early SW days so I could have baked beans when doing an SP day.  I no longer bother with SP but the results are nice.

The below makes two portions for me.

Ingredients:
a small onion and half a pepper (red, yellow or orange), both prepped and finely chopped
2 bacon medallions (the lean part of back bacon), finely chopped
1/16tsp  (in other words, a good pinch) each of ground ginger, tikka spice, cinnamon and garlic salt
1/8 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tbsp vegetarian stock powder (Marigold, for me, is the best but you could use a crumbled cube)
100g cooked haricot beans (or other pulses if you prefer)
half a can of chopped tomatoes and 1/4 cans-worth of water
a good splash (to taste) of Henderson's and soy sauce
1 tbsp tomato puree

(if you want a bit of a kick, you could add some finely chopped chorizo but it would no longer be vegetarian and the chorizo would need to be swipped.)

Method.
(If using the oven, preheat to 180C - or you could use an air fryer)
In a small saucepan that can go in the oven, spray some oil, add the onion, pepper and bacon, stir well, cover and let it gently soften, stirring occasionally.

Turn up the heat a bit, add the spices and stir well while it sizzles.

Add the beans, the chopped tomatoes, the water, the stock powder, the Hendersons, the soy sauce and the tomato puree.  Mix well and bring to a simmer.

Now you can either cover and keep it gently simmering for around 20 mins, stirring now and again and adding a bit more water if it seems to be drying out).
OR
pop on a lid (foil will do), bung it in the oven and let it bake for 20 mins.

Taste and season, if needed.  I found it wasn't but I don't like a lot of salt.

Enjoy.