Aside from fish and chips, this is a classic pub dish. In my opinion this is British comfort food at its tastiest. It may sound simple but there are a few complex flavors. For example, the baked beans. I would not suggest some highly rich beans like "Bush's". I would suggest getting a neutral flavored brand of beans such as "Campbells" or "Heinz". Like I have said before, you can only get traditional Heinz Baked Beans through the internet or in a specialty food store, due that they are made and sold exclusively in England. If you wish to find them online, I would suggest the British Food Depot. Their link is below. These beans are in a simple tomato sauce. I like to doctor them up a bit myself. What I would add to them is some tomato ketchup. This enhances the flavor of the tomato. Then, add a little bit of salt and pepper. This simplicity of the beans may be boring to some but it is just delicious. Another reason, you don't want to strong of a flavor is because in the end you drizzle some good old HP Brown sauce over the whole lot. The HP Sauce you can also find online.
Then, you have the deal with the Bangers, or sausages which we Yanks call them. I cannot stress this enough...DO NOT BUY SWEET OR HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGES! They simply do not belong in any other dish that is not Italian in origin. Besides, I in general don't like Italian sausages in any rate. What you want to buy is some good beef or pork sausages. They can sometimes be found under the name English or Cumberland style sausages. Something with a nice flavor but again not too strong. Once you have the first two things taken care of, then you just have the Chips (french fries). I don't think I have to explain anything further. Except, just get good fries. By that I mean straight forward fries, no shapes or crinkle cut. Homemade are the best option. Just fry up the sausages and chips. Make the beans and doctor them up. Then, just plate up the chips and bangers and spoon the beans on or beside them. Serve with a bottle of HP Brown Sauce and a nice pint of beer or cider. For all of the products such as the Heinz Baked Beans, HP Sauce and even the Sausages, check out the British Food Depot below. Cheers!
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