Mediterranean Baked Beans

Mediterranean Baked Beans - Easy Meals with Video Recipes by Chef Joel Mielle - RECIPE30

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a Healthy Vegetarian Meal

A nutritious and delicious Mediterranean meal. The beans are creamy and succulent, full of flavours and topped with a toasted olive oil parsley crust. This recipe is also perfect for vegans and vegetarians, simply use vegetable stock instead of chicken. It’s best to soak the beans the day before, however you can cook them from dry if you don’t have the time. They will take longer and be a little mushier. Even though the beans will bake for over 40 minutes, don’t under cook the beans when boiling, try and cook them so they are firm but ready to eat before baking. Enjoy my healthy Mediterranean Baked Beans.

Ingredients

1lb – 500g Cannellini beans (soak them in water overnight)
4 tomatoes grated or diced or canned crushed tomatoes
2 bell peppers cleaned and roughly chopped
4 garlic cloves peeled
1 onion roughly chopped
1 tbsp oregano (fresh or dried)
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 bay leaf
1 small bunch Parsley (fresh)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup olive oil
2 ½ cups chicken or vegetable stock
2 cups breadcrumbs
Salt and Pepper to taste

Steps

Step 1
Soak the beans overnight, in 3 or 4 times the amount of water. Refrigerate.
Step 2
Drain and rinse the beans. Place in a large pot and simmer in water with a bay leaf for about 40 minutes to an hour or until just tender (not firm). Skim off any impurities off the surface.
Step 3
In a roasting pan on high heat with olive oil (enough to almost cover the bottom), sauté the bell chopped peppers. Lower the heat and add onion, cook until soft, then add oregano and smoked paprika. Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic and chicken stock. Let it simmer, about 5 minutes.
Step 4
Once the beans are cooked, drain them and put them directly into the sauce, mix gently. Spread evenly.
Step 5
Mix the breadcrumbs with chopped parsley and ½ cup olive oil and sprinkle over the beans to cover. Bake in oven for about 40 minutes at 350°F – 180°C.

Recipe tags: Mediterranean Baked Beans

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