Best Beans on PumpernickelToast

Day 364

Best Beans on PumpernickelToast

Jamie Oliver Recipe for Best Beans

Today, I was flipping through the flyers and I noticed a Jamie Oliver recipe for Best Beans. The beans looked really good, so without really reading the recipe at all, I perused the ingredients, checked the pantry and picked up what we needed for it while I was out.

Jamie Oliver recipe for Best Beans

When I was ready to start making it, I realized that the recipe was actually kind of complicated AND took long time to cook - longer than I was prepared to wait. After a moment of panic (NOW what do I do with the beans I just cooked?) and a discussion with Laura, I decided to make it, but make it our way, not Jamie Oliver's way.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup pinto beans (instead of a can of white kidney beans like his recipe)
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion, chopped fine
6 plum tomatoes, chopped
2 small Kellogg's Breakfast tomatoes, chopped
10 small cloves of garlic, minced fine
1/3 orange pepper, chopped fine
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp chipotle powder
1/2 tsp salt

Onions, pepper & tomatoes

Directions

Cook the beans and set aside. Sauté the onions and peppers in the oil just until they begin to soften but not brown. Add the tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and 1/2 cup water.

Beans & sautéing veggies

Once most of the liquid has cooked out and the vegetables are soft, add the garlic, cumin, chili powder, chipotle powder.

Adding spices to tomato mixture

Stir it up then add 1/2 the beans and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and then begin mashing the beans.

Adding beans to tomato mixture

Mix the other half of the beans in and continue cooking on medium low heat until they are heated through.

Erin's Best Beans

We went with pumpernickel and it was a great choice. Toast and butter the bread and serve the beans on it.

Pumpernickel bread

Sprinkle a bit of grated cheddar over top like Jamie Oliver does. ;)

Best Beans on toast 

Reviews/Comments

Laura gives it a 12. I agree, the beans were probably the best ones we've made. Total 10. Inspired by Jamie Oliver, but not his recipe. Might try his some other time, when I'm feeling like fussing over dinner. It called for rosemary infused oil, and while we still have rosemary in the garden, I just wasn't feeling it...way too friggy for my mood today!