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Slow-cooked cowboy beans

By TASTE
6
Easy
10 minutes
2 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 chilli, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 500 g sugar beans, soaked and drained
  • 4 cups water or veggie stock
  • 1 x 400 g can chopped tomatoes
  • 3 T tomato paste
  • 60 g brown sugar
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 T Woolworths Lazy Kettle liquid smoke
  • maple syrup, to taste

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Heat the olive oil in a large ovenproof pan. Fry the onions over a low heat until soft and golden.

Add the garlic, chilli and bay leaf and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans, stock, tomatoes, tomato paste and sugar.

Bring to the boil and season. Add the liquid smoke. Cover and bake for 2 hours.

Sweeten with maple syrup and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Cook's note: Make a double batch of these moreish beans and freeze. Defrost, heat gently and serve with pork rashers, poached eggs, or on toast, or use them to bulk up soups and stews.