Jacket potatoes with home-baked beans

Jacket potatoes with home-baked beans

Cold nights require comfort food, and there's no better than jacket potatoes - give yours a health boost with home-baked beans

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Scrub the potatoes and dry well, then prick in several places with a fork. Bake directly on the oven shelf for 1-1½ hrs, until they feel soft when squeezed.
  2. After 30 mins, heat the oil in a pan and gently cook the carrot and celery for 10 mins until softened. Add the beans, tomatoes and paprika and cook gently for a further 5 mins until the tomatoes are softened and pulpy. Stir in 100ml water and the Worcestershire sauce, cook for a further 5 mins then cover and keep warm.
  3. Split open the potatoes and spoon in the beans. Scatter with chives and serve.
Try

Get ahead

The beans are great for making ahead and reheating in the microwave - spoon onto granary toast for a super-quick supper. Kids will love these Cowboy beans - as they're known in the US - with a handful of cheddar stirred through.

PER SERVING

237 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 8g, sugar 5g, salt 0.19 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2011.

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  • 31 March 2011

    Slinkystardust rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Another family favourite. I add a big dollop of marmite too.

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  • 07 February 2012

    carolj commented on this recipe

    I checked calorie content of ingredients as I was sure it amounted to more than your recipe stated, 81 calories in the beans and 128 in the potato which was very small and not a baking potato at all, excluding other ingredients, please be more accurate on your calorie counting for those of us on diets!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Ingredients

  • 4 baking potatoes
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 carrot , diced
  • 1 celery stalk, diced
  • 400g can haricot beans , drained
  • 2 tomatoes , chopped
  • 1 tsp paprika - choose sweet or hot depending on taste
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbsp chopped chives , to serve
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PER SERVING

237 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 8g, sugar 5g, salt 0.19 g

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