the humble tin of baked beans..

LV_Sue

I lurve baked beans .

I always add a tin to beef stew and also to mince - makes it go further!

Jacket potato with baked beans & melted cheese on top.

Beans on toast with cheese on top, melted under the grill, and topped with a rasher of bacon.

Cold baked beans, straight from the tin - my grandchildren think I'm 'gross' when I do that!:rotfl:

Scramble some eggs and mix in beans just before serving.

Sausage & bean pie - cook some sausages and put in dish with baked beans. Top with mashed potato mixed with grated cheese and either brown under the grill or in the oven.

Lots more ideas here.
http://www.greatlittleideas.com/find-ideas/tag/baked+beans

Sambucus_Nigra

I'd put them to the back of the cupboard and hide them with some soup or lentils. Then maybe in 6 months time, when you have some freshly harvested potatoes - home made chips with beans....

asparagus1968

LV_Sue wrote: »

I lurve baked beans .

I always add a tin to beef stew and also to mince - makes it go further!

Jacket potato with baked beans & melted cheese on top.

Beans on toast with cheese on top, melted under the grill, and topped with a rasher of bacon.

Cold baked beans, straight from the tin - my grandchildren think I'm 'gross' when I do that!:rotfl:

Scramble some eggs and mix in beans just before serving.

Sausage & bean pie - cook some sausages and put in dish with baked beans. Top with mashed potato mixed with grated cheese and either brown under the grill or in the oven.

Lots more ideas here.
http://www.greatlittleideas.com/find-ideas/tag/baked+beans

thankyou very much!
ps.nothing gross about eating from the tin,i do it with sweetcorn!

lizzyb1812

Make a tomato pasta sauce, whizz in beans and thin it down to soup consistency - lovely!

BAGGY

Cassoulet (sp?).
Fry sausages - spicey ones are best - with onions and going off veg like mush, peppers, celery and carrots etc. Add herbs, garlic tom puree and chopped toms. at last min add the beanz. One pot dinner that you can be lazy and eat with a spoon if you cut the sossies up 1st.

kittycat204

i would rinse the beans and use them in a ham and bean stew or something similar.

Pink.

This thread has lots of ideas that should help:

the humble tin of baked beans..

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Stephen_Leak

Try this. Perfect with a DVD of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles".

REFRIED BEANS

These are only fried once. The name is due to a mis-translation. In Castilian Spanish and English, the prefix re- indicates that something is done more than once. However, in Mexican Spanish, the prefix re- indicates that something is done well. This dish is Mexican and its name, frijoles refritos, is in Mexican Spanish, so translates into English as “well-fried beans”, not “twice-fried beans”.

Serves 2 - 3

INGREDIENTS

420g tin of baked beans
400g tin of red kidney beans
1 chilli pepper
1 onion
1 tablespoon of oil

FRESH CHILLI PEPPER WARNING!

When you chop up fresh chilli peppers be careful and avoid getting juice on your hands. If you touch your eyes, mouth or other ‘sensitive areas’, even an hour after chopping them, they will smart and burn. So wash your hands or wear rubber gloves.

METHOD

Open the tins of beans and drain off any water. Cut the top off the chilli pepper, cut it in half and scrape out the seeds, then chop it into pieces. Peel the onion and chop it into pieces.

Put the beans into a bowl. Add the chilli. Mix thoroughly.

If you have a food processor, put the beans and chilli in it and blend them to the desired consistency. If you have a hand blender, put the beans and chilli into a bowl and blend them to the desired consistency. If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, put the beans and chilli into a bowl and use a potato masher or fork to mash them to the desired consistency. The desired consistency is like porridge or double cream. If required, add a little bit of water.

Put the oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the onion. Fry the onion for about 5 minutes until it is soft. Stir frequently to stop them sticking.

Add the beans and chilli. Mix thoroughly. Fry for about 5 minutes. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use dried beans, but these will need to be soaked and boiled first.

Use other beans, especially pinto beans, which are the authentic Mexican cowboy bean.

If you can’t find just one chilli pepper, use 1 teaspoon of chilli powder.

Add 2 rashers of bacon, chopped into 1cm (½ inch) pieces, or 50g of chorizo, sliced, at the same time as the onions.

Add 1 teaspoon of ground cumin. Cumin comes from Asia, but the Spanish brought it with them to the New World, where it is now widely used in Tex-Mex cuisine.

Add 2 teaspoons of parsley, which is reputed to reduce the wind generating capacity of beans.

TIPS

Let it cool and reheat it, as the flavour of chilli improves with reheating.

asparagus1968

thanks for all the replies! great ideas, and the re-fried beans is the first i'll try,sounds lovely,cheers

Butterfly_Brain

I always pop a tin of beans in my cottage pie and love love love them on toast with grated cheese melted in the pan with them and lots of hp sauce.