Haricot Beans and Minced Onions

Ingredients

• a pint of haricot beans
• a little butter
• two quarts of cold water
• three onions
• a teaspoonful of flour
• a gill of brown gravy
• pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Soak the haricot beans in cold water overnight.

2. 2

   Boil them in a saucepan with butter and water for two hours, then drain.

3. 3

   Fry minced onions in butter until light brown, stir in flour, add brown gravy, season, and stir until it boils and thickens.

4. 4

   Mix in the beans and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 98. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HARICOT BEANS AND MINCED ONIONS.— Soak a pint of haricot beans in cold water all night ; put them into a saucepan with a little butter and two quarts of cold water, boil gently for two hours, and drain them in a colander. Peel three onions, cut them into small pieces, and fry them in butter a light brown colour ; stir in a teaspoonful of flour ; add a gill of brown gravy, season with pepper and salt

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