Tomato Baked Beans Recipes

VEGETARIAN BAKED BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place kidney beans in a large saucepan. Cover with water and soak for 8 hours, or overnight.
• Drain water from kidney beans. Pour in fresh water to cover by 1-inch; add 1 teaspoon salt.
• Cook beans over low heat for 2 hours. Remove from heat; drain excess water from pan until it just covers beans.
• Stir in tomato paste, brown sugar, vinegar, cornmeal, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, cumin, hot paprika, and ginger to beans. Mix well.
• Cook bean mixture over low heat for 2 hours. Stir to loosen any beans on the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook over low heat until bean mixture has reduced and thickened, about 2 hours more.

TWO-BEAN TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Place beans in a large saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; add tomatoes and set aside. , In a large skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in 4 tablespoons butter until crisp-tender. Add 1 teaspoon garlic, 1 teaspoon basil, 1 teaspoon oregano and salt; cook 1 minute longer. Add to the bean mixture; toss to coat. Spoon into a greased 3-qt. baking dish., Melt the remaining butter; toss with bread crumbs, cheese and remaining garlic, basil and oregano. Sprinkle over bean mixture. , Cover and bake at 400° for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 15 minutes longer or until golden brown.

CHEESY WHITE BEAN-TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 475 degrees. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Fry the garlic until it's lightly golden, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste (be careful of splattering) and fry for 30 seconds, reducing the heat as needed to prevent the garlic from burning.
• Add the beans, water and generous pinches of salt and pepper and stir to combine. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top, then bake until the cheese has melted and browned in spots, 5 to 10 minutes. If the top is not as toasted as you'd like, run the skillet under the broiler for a minute or 2. Serve at once.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the dried beans in a pot of water covered by a few inches of water and let soak overnight. Drain the beans, place them back in the pot with fresh water and bring to a boil. Simmer for one hour, then drain, reserving the liquid. See NOTE.
• In a Dutch oven or other oven-proof pot fry the bacon until crispy then add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.Stir in the tomato sauce, molasses, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and bay leaf.Add 1 1/2 cups of the reserved bean water and the beans.Bring everything to a simmer for a minute or two to heat it up. In the meantime preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the Dutch oven with the lid on to the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 2 to 3 hours or until the beans are tender and the sauce has thickened, removing the lid during the last 20-30 minutes to help the sauce thicken. NOTE: If at any point during the cooking process too much liquid evaporates and the beans get dry, add a little more of the reserved bean water. The beans themselves can vary from batch to batch and you may end up either needing to add more liquid if the beans are too dry or you may need to bake the beans longer with the lid off if there is too much liquid. Adjust as needed.Add more salt the pepper to taste.Serve immediately or let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be reheated on the stovetop or in the microwave.
• SLOW COOKER METHOD: Follow steps 1 and 2 and then pour everything into the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6-7 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours or until the beans are tender. Open the lid for the last 30 minutes or longer until the sauce has thickened. If the beans are too thick at any point and too much liquid has evaporated, stir in a little extra water.

TOMATOES AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in the hot oil until golden, about 5 minutes. Stir beans into the oil; season with salt. Cook and stir the beans until hot, about 5 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the beans; cook and stir until the tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour broth over the beans mixture; stir. Cook the mixture at a simmer until the liquid reduced in volume by about half, about 15 minutes. Season with pepper.

TOMATO BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans in 6 cups of water for 8 hours or overnight. Drain just before beginning to cook.
• Finely chop white onion and tomatoes, separately, in a food processor (Make sure the juice has been take out of the tomatoes).
• Saute onions in a large pot, with the olive oil until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes longer, adding the salt and pepper in the process.
• Add crushed fennel seeds, and peanut butter and let blend until peanut butter melts. Add beans and brown sugar and stir thoroughly.
• Add 4 and a half cups of water, and bring it to a boil. Bring it to a simmer and slow cook for 3 hours, covered. Last hour of it can be uncovered to reduce water. Let it cool before serving.