Recipe: Stovetop Beans

Stove-top Beans

3 1/4 cups pea (navy) beans, canned
1 cup water
2/3 cup tomato puree
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 medium apple, unpared, finely chopped
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Mix beans with other ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and boil gently 30 minutes.

Continue cooking, uncovered, until sauce is of desired consistency-about 10 minutes.

Serve half of the beans, and refrigerate remaining 2 cups for use at another meal within 3 to 4 days.

Makes 4 servings of about 1 cup each
Source: USDA