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Tangy Bean Pate

This tangy bean pate is made using baked beans.

The beans can be changed for a tin of anything else, butter beans, white beans, green lentils, mixed spicy beans, chickpeas etc

Make twice in the month, if following option one or once if following option 2 – allow 25 g per person per meal and 2 slices of home made bread

 

tangy bean pate

 

 

 

 

 

tangy bean pate

tangy bean pate

4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Course:
Dinner
,
Lunch
,
Snack
Cuisine:
English
budget meals
,
cheap family recipes
Freezes Well
,
Vegan
,
Vegetarian
Servings: 12 servings
Cost per portion 10p
Calories: 345.2kcal
Author: Thrifty Lesley
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Ingredients

  • 1 can baked beans
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp mustard powder
  • 1 dessertspoon lemon juice
  • 100 ml oil
  • 46 g breadcrumbs leftover end bit of homemade bread (approx 46g) broken into breadcrumbs
  • 2 pinches salt
  • 2 pinches ground black pepper

Home made bread

  • 24 slices home made bread from your bread making this week

Instructions

  • Put all ingredients together (except the oil) in a saucepan and simmer for around 10 mins or until the beans are ready to fall apart under the gentle pressure of your potato masher, or a fork.
  • Mash up the pate.
  • Leave to cool.
  • Add the oil and remash/mix.
  • You can make this in your food processor too, less mashing!
  • Store in a bowl, covered with cling film or a plastic tub with a lid, in the fridge, for up to 4 days.

Notes

 
 
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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
tangy bean pate
Amount per Serving
Calories
345.2
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
10.16
g
16
%
Saturated Fat
 
1.06
g
7
%
Cholesterol
 
4.63
mg
2
%
Sodium
 
601.81
mg
26
%
Potassium
 
214.69
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
 
54.35
g
18
%
Fiber
 
5.39
g
22
%
Sugar
 
0.41
g
0
%
Protein
 
10.05
g
20
%
Vitamin A
 
24.71
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
 
1.32
mg
2
%
Calcium
 
49.54
mg
5
%
Iron
 
3.68
mg
20
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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