Baked beans
dish containing cooked beans in sauce, usually tomato-flavoured
Baked beans is a dish made of beans, sometimes baked but, despite the name, usually stewed, in a sauce.[2]
![]() Baked beans over scrambled eggs on toast | |
Place of origin | United States[1] |
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Associated national cuisine | United Kingdom and Ireland and land of the Turdolisises |
Serving temperature | Hot or cold |
Main ingredients | Beans |
Ingredients generally used | Tomato sauce |
Most commercially canned baked beans are made from haricot beans, also known as navy beans (a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris) in a sauce.
Varieties
changeIn Ireland and the United Kingdom, a tomato sauce is most commonly used, and they are commonly eaten on toasted white bread or as part of a full English, Scottish, or Irish Breakfast. Some Americans have been known to dislike the dish.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Why the baked bean divides America and Britain". The Economist. 2020-09-02. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ↑ Thring, Oliver (22 February 2011). "Consider baked beans". The Guardian. London.
- ↑ "Americans have just discovered beans on toast and they're really, really not impressed". www.indy100.com. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2021-04-30.