I added 1 sauce to my baked beans and it instantly tastes way better
Baked beans can be made to taste much better if you add one tablespoon of sauce to them. This is what I discovered when making lunch this week.
When making baked beans for lunch this week, I decided to add just a splash of one sauce and it changed the flavour immensely, something I was surprised by but enjoyed nonetheless. Like many people living in the UK, I love beans on toast for lunch. It is a quick and simple dish, and it always satisfies me.. While baked beans taste great as they are, there are some ways to improve the flavour and make it a more exciting lunch.
I have been trying a few ways to make my baked beans taste better, and recently, I found that adding curry powder to the pot gave it a lovely kick. However, this week's beans on toast was made even more delicious, and all I added was one tablespoon of soy sauce. This sauce, typically used to make Asian dishes such as fried noodles, is a handy staple that I always have in my cupboard. So, when curiosity took over as I heated up a tin of baked beans, I had to try something.
As usual, I poured a tin of baked beans into a pot and let them cook on a medium heat. But about halfway through the process, I added a tablespoon of soy sauce.
I love the taste of soy sauce and it is something that I include in many dishes I cook, from stir fries to curries. But until this week, I had no idea how much better baked beans could taste with a small bit of soy sauce thrown into the mix.
As soon as the sauce went into the pot, the beans turned a slightly darker colour and I knew that the flavour would be different. A tablespoon was perfect because it did not overpower the baked beans, but added a little bit of an 'umami' flavour to it.
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Baked beans are quite sweet, so I appreciated the more salty and savoury addition of the soy sauce. After about five minutes, I turned the heat off and it was time to add the baked beans to my toast.
After trying a number of ways to enjoy my baked beans, I can safely say that this is one of my favourites and I will probably add soy sauce to it again, especially considering I always have a bottle of it in my kitchen.
Similarly, Worcestershire sauce is said to have similar effects when added to baked beans, giving them a salty and tangy touch that would otherwise be missing.
