Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole is a delicious, budget friendly dish. Perfect for a midweek family meal as so quick and easy to make!
It’s funny how you can forget about recipes over the years and this is one of those which my mum always used to make which I had completely forgotten about until recently.
I think it started off life as a bacon recipe card. I have made a few tweaks to this Mexican style dish, including adding baked beans instead of mixed beans which gives it greater “kid appeal” and also makes for a better sauce.
The chillies in the dish give a gentle warmth that won’t put children off but if you wanted to pep things up then you could always add some of the chilli seeds!
Since re-discovering this dish we have had it almost every week as it is so quick and easy and relies on store-cupboard ingredients, bacon and a green pepper which most of us have in our fridges!
I also keep a stock of fresh chillies in my freezer as they are so easy to use from frozen and can often be found reduced in the vegetable aisle!
Having a dish that the whole family likes is a real bonus as my family seem to have quite different tastes!
This is my new fall back dish for when I haven’t had time to plan the evening meal and I need dinner in a hurry.
I do hope you try my Spicy Bacon and Baked Bean Casserole as I’m sure you’ll be making it again and again like me!
This recipe for Spicy Bacon & Bake Bean Casserole was previously published on Great British Chefs!
More Dinner Recipes using Bacon
- Bacon & Potato Layer Bake
- Skinny Haddock, Mushroom & Bacon Chowder
- Bacon Roly Poly
- Warm Chicken, Bacon & Tarragon Salad
- Flavours of Brazil Turkey Burgers with Bacon & Pineapple
- Chilli, Bacon & Chickpea Pasta
- Bacon, Leek & Pine Nut Pasta
- Bacon, Mushroom & Pea Linguine
- Spaghetti alla Carbonara
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Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 Large onion finely chopped
- 1 Green pepper diced
- 3 Mixed chilli peppers de-seeded and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Rapeseed oil
- 210 g Unsmoked back bacon chopped
- 400 g Tin chopped tomatoes
- 400 g Tin baked beans
- Freshly ground pepper
- 75 g Mature Cheddar grated
Instructions
- Fry the onion, green pepper and chillies in oil on a medium heat for about 8 minutes until softened.
- Add the bacon and fry until cooked.
- Add the tomatoes and baked beans, cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Season with pepper.
- Transfer to an oven proof dish, sprinkle with grated Cheddar and brown under a grill.
- Serve with rice.
webkin
This looks lush. Have you ever tried Baked Bean pie….it’s something I love too. Baked beans with mushroom, onion, sausage in with mashed potato and a layer of cheese on top. My old auntie in the Forest of Dean used to make it and now we all seem to make it. I like it with a piece of naan bread to mop up the bean juice hehe.
This looks great. A nice quick bake. Going to give this a try as I think my fiance and I would love it.
Camilla
I’ve not tried that but did make a raised sausage meat and baked bean pie at college once!
Laineyflo
Great idea for a cheap family meal, I will have to try this one!
Sus Chalmers
I love quick and easy comfort food so this is one to add to my to-try list for this winter – thanks
Camilla
Thanks, that’ll be next week then LOL:-)
Fiver Feeds
It looks delicious and very easy to make too 🙂
Camilla
It really is easy and delicious:-)
Geoff Clark
Looks like a tasty spicy dish and fairly easy to do
Ursula Hunt
very tasty, loved by the family
Camilla
Excellent, glad you all enjoyed it:-)
Kavey
Bacon makes everything better, right?
Camilla
It really does Kavey:-)
Jo @ Jo's Kitchen
This looks lovely. I must make it for my boys 🙂
Ursula Hunt
great colourful and nutritious dish
Camilla
Thank you, we love it:-)
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
This sounds like a great store-cupboard meal. And brilliant that you found something quick that the whole family loves!
Camilla
Thanks, yes it’s such a bonus when everyone likes a dish:-)