Spicy baked beans

What's a big breakfast without baked beans? I've always loved the canned grub from the stores but since I've started scrutinizing food labels, none of the commercial baked means made the cut. This recipe was originally from one of my Foodskills classes a few weeks ago but I made some modifications in terms of sugar and alcohol. All in all, it was quite delicious and I'd never buy baked beans in a can again!

Spicy Baked Beans


1 Cup Spicy Baked Beans = 3 Carbohydrate exchanges*


Ingredients:
1 can (220g) white beans (navy, butter, kidney etc)/ if dry beans, soak overnight and boiled until cooked
1 can (200g) crushed tomatoes
2tsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped finely
3 garlic cloves, chopped finely
1/2 tsp ground pepper
Tobasco sauce to taste
1 tbs tomato paste
Herbs to taste
Water/Salt-reduced stock

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Drain canned/cooked beans. In a saucepan, heat olive oil. Add onion, garlic, pepper and cook until soft with medium heat, about 15 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add 100ml water/salt-reduced stock and reduce by half. If beans become too dry, add a bit of water/stock.Add tomatoes, herbs, beans and Tobasco. Bring to boil and transfer to baking dish. Cover and bake for around 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

* 1 Carbohydrate exchange = 15g Carbohydrates
Note that beans are a high-starch vegetable (along with potatoes, peas, radishes, sweetcorn, lentils and more). Diabetics have to be careful of their carbohydrate content and if you choose to have them, you have to cut down on your other carbohydrate sources in the same meal.

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