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Jacket potatoes with cheat's Boston baked beans

This tasty twist on an American classic is simple to prepare and makes the perfect feast

This tasty twist on an American classic is simple to prepare and makes the perfect feast

Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 10 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 8

Cooking Time

Price: £1.18 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 411g serving contains

Energy
2026kj
484kcal
24%
Fat
7.1g
Med
10%
Saturates
2.1g
Med
11%
Sugars
17.0g
High
19%
Salt
2.20g
High
37%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
493kj/118kcal

Ingredients

8 potatoes

2 x 260g packs of Asda Extra Special Unsmoked Gammon Steaks, rind and fat removed

1 red onion, chopped

2 x 400g cans Asda Chopped Tomatoes

2 level tsp English Mustard

2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

4 tbsp Asda Tomato Ketchup

3 tbsp Asda Brown Sauce

3 level tbsp brown sugar

3 x 300g cans Asda Haricot Beans, drained

Method

1
Bake the potatoes in the oven at 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 for 45 minutes.
2
Cut the gammon steaks into 1cm cubes. Put in a pan with 500ml water, cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, skimming off any scum. Drain the meat, reserving 4 tbsp of the cooking liquid.
3
Fry the onion in a little sunflower oil until soft. Add the reserved liquid, the gammon, tomatoes, beans, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, brown sauce and brown sugar. Simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes, stirring.
4
To serve, make a cut in each potato and spoon the beans over.