Slow Cooker Beans
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
180
MINUTES
CUISINE
COURSE
Main
Method
Make sure your slow cooker is off before starting.
Place all your ingredients into the crock pot (the ceramic bowl of the slow cooker). Stir the mixture well. Place the lid firmly on top.
Turn the slow cooker on high for 3 hours.
Stir the mixture 3 times during the cooking process if you can. If you can’t it’s no big deal from a flavour point of view, but it can help stop crusty bits forming on the crock-pot which can be a pain to scrub off.
The flavour of these beans is only improved by leaving the mixture to cool and mature for a further 12 hours. We normally eat a batch as soon as they are ready, then jar the remainder and allow to cool before popping it in the fridge. It keeps for up to a fortnight in the fridge in a sealed, sterilised jar. Our baked beans never last that long though.
Ingredients
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
400ml vegetable stock
2 medium white onions, finely sliced
3 carrots, peeled and chopped
3 sticks of celery, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tin cannellini beans
1 tin butter beans
Optional spices/flavourings:
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground white pepper
Splash of Worcestershire sauce
Splash of balsamic vinegar
Drizzle of black treacle
Method
Make sure your slow cooker is off before starting.
Place all your ingredients into the crock pot (the ceramic bowl of the slow cooker). Stir the mixture well. Place the lid firmly on top.
Turn the slow cooker on high for 3 hours.
Stir the mixture 3 times during the cooking process if you can. If you can’t it’s no big deal from a flavour point of view, but it can help stop crusty bits forming on the crock-pot which can be a pain to scrub off.
The flavour of these beans is only improved by leaving the mixture to cool and mature for a further 12 hours. We normally eat a batch as soon as they are ready, then jar the remainder and allow to cool before popping it in the fridge. It keeps for up to a fortnight in the fridge in a sealed, sterilised jar. Our baked beans never last that long though.
