Tomato Baked Beans Recipes

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.

BAKED BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak the beans in water: Pre-soak the beans, either by covering with two inches of water and soaking overnight, or by pouring boiling water over them and soaking them for an hour.
• Drain the beans, cover with water, cook until tender: Drain the beans and put them in a medium-sized pot and cover with 2 inches of water. Bring to a simmer, cover, reduce the heat to a low simmer and cook until the beans are just soft enough to eat, about 1 hour, give or take 15 minutes or so, depending on how old the beans are (older beans will take longer to cook).
• Stir in the parsley and balsamic vinegar: Right before serving, gently stir in the chopped parsley and balsamic vinegar. Taste for salt, add more if needed to taste. Serve either hot or at room temperature.

BEANS, BACON & TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook bacon, onion, celery and green pepper over medium heat until bacon is crisp and vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour, sugar, salt and pepper. Add tomatoes. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in beans., Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish or a 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake, covered, 35-40 minutes or until beans are tender.

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.

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.

BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Put a heavy-bottomed pot (with a lid) over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring often, until the fat renders and bacon begins to crisp, about 6-8 minutes. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes more. Stir in the ketchup, tomato puree, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, and cayenne and mix well. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the beans until well coated, cover, and bake in the oven for 1 hour. Remove the lid and continue baking until sauce thickens and the beans begin to brown, about 15 minutes more. Remove from the oven and allow to cool at least 15 minutes before serving.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

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.

CROCK-POT BAKED BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in large bowl.
• Drain, put in large pot and cover with 5 cups of water. Simmer over medium low heat until tender, about 1 hour.
• Drain beans reserving 2 cups of liquid.
• Add beans to slow cooker.
• In a skillet over medium high heat fry bacon until browned, chop and stir into beans.
• Combine juice, chopped onion, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, pepper and chili, add to beans and stir well.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours. Until beans are tender and flavourful.
• Check and add a little of the reserved liquid as necessary.
• *or high 4-5 hours.