This baked beans recipe tastes so similar to Heinz its almost scary.

These British baked beans can be made with dried or canned beans.Quick and easy,very economicaland utterly addictive!

Crack open a can, tip it over toast and microwave that was the standard method.

Pot of Homemade Baked Beans recipe

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Heating it up in a saucepan was the posh method.

Add a slice of cheese now that was getting real fancy!

And for me, homemade baked beans was one of the greatest eye openers.

Close up of homemade baked beans recipe, piled onto toast

And how muchtastierit is.

Canned beans are always bloated from sitting in liquid, so theyre on the soft side.

They are white beans that are slightly smaller than Cannellini beans.

Ingredients in homemade Heinz Baked Beans

However, any small to medium beans will work just fine here.

They dont even need to be white!

It doesnt make this dish taste chicken-like or meaty once cooked.

How to make baked beans from scratch

The only thing to do at the end is to add cornflour/cornstarch to thicken the sauce.

Pan fry in butter.

Cook it in a pot, add baked beans, stir through spinach = dinner in a pot!

Pot of homemade baked beans

Stuff baked potatoes(add cheese to this too!)

As a side for any dinner serve it as the starch on a dinner plate.

Beans are low in GI so theyll keep you fuller for longer!

Bowl of homemade Heinz baked beans

Emergency nachos pile over corn chips and add a ton of cheese.

How can you go wrong??

Stuff anomeletteyep, really.

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Make an omelette and stuff it with cheesy baked beans!

Breads for dunking

Here are a few bread options for toasting, dunking, mopping!

The first 3 breads are all ideal for slicing > toasting > smothering with baked beans.

Close up of slice of Irish Soda Bread (no yeast bread)

For me personally, I like to serve it in a bowl with bread for dunking.

And if you pile baked beans over toast, eating it with your hands is messy business.

So I prefer the bowl method spoon + bread for dunking.

Close up of sandwich bread without yeast

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