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Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole

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Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole is a delicious, budget friendly dish. Perfect for a midweek family meal as so quick and easy to make!

Family dish, quick, easy, delicious, bacon, baked beans, child friendly

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!

Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole

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!

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Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole

A super tasty, family friendly, mid-week meal!
Course Main
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 4
Author Camilla Hawkins

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.

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  3. Margaret Keery

    Diffentlly going to make this on Friday .it looks great . have all the ingredients at hand not to sure about adding peppers .son doesn’t like them .could I leave them out . what other vegetables could I add

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    • Camilla

      Great Margaret. Perhaps you could add chopped courgette or aubergine instead but they won’t provide the same sweetness as the peppers. I always remember the piece of advice I heard about taste that a child has to eat something 20 times before they like it and I do believe it works. My hubby says he won’t eat seeded fruit but if I make a delicious dessert or bake with them he can’t help himself and tucks in. Do let me know how you get on:-)

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    • Camilla

      Aaw, thank you Anne, what a lovely thing to say:-) I’ve been enthusiastic about cooking, food & nutrition ever since school so don’t see it going away any time soon:-)

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  17. Abigail Cullen

    Love bacon and baked beans, what a great idea to add together as a recipe for a casserole.

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  21. Maddy

    (Don’t know if my comment went through.)
    Was thinking of making it without bacon for veggie daughter. Has anyone tried it?

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  24. 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.

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  26. Sus Chalmers

    I love quick and easy comfort food so this is one to add to my to-try list for this winter – thanks

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