Beef and Bean Hotpot

From GoodFood magazine, 101 One-Pot Dishes

750g of minced beef
1 beef stock cube
2 large onions
450g carrots, peeled and thickly sliced
1.25 g potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
2 cans of baked beans
Tabasco sauce
parsley

Heat a large non-stick pan, add the beef and fry over a medium high heat until browned, stirring often and breaking up any lumps with a spoon. Crumble in the stock cube and mix well.

Add the vegetables, stir to mix with the beef and pour in enough boiling water to cover. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and stir well. Cover the pan and simmer gently for about 30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Tip in the baked beans, sprinkle with tobasco sauce to taste, Stir well an heat through. Taste for seasoning and sprinkle with the parsley.

This is the perfect winter comfort food, warm, peppery and extremely easy to cook. I have three portions in the freezer now, along with the many packets of food I have squirrelled away for winter.