Italian butter beans

Italian butter beans

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins

Easy

Serves 4
This healthy side dish gives Mediterranean flavour to grilled chicken or chops

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Vegetarian
  • Healthy

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal140
  • fat4g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs20g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre6g
  • protein8g
  • salt1.41g
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 400g tin chopped tomato
  • 2 tsp sugar
    Sugar

    Sugar

    shuh-ga

    Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…

  • 2 x 400g tins butter beans, rinsed and drained
  • small bunch basil, chopped
    Basil

    Basil

    ba-zil

    Most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking but also very prevalent in Asian food, the…

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Fry the garlic for 1 min, then add the tomatoes, sugar and some seasoning. Tip in the beans and a splash of water. Cover and simmer for 5 mins, then stir in the basil and serve.

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KochinVeronica
21st Jul, 2017
5.05
Really tasty!
lotthedrinkeroftea
4th Jan, 2017
I adore this, so so quick you can actually make it as a side dish with your mains. It also freezes well.
fairypetal
20th Jun, 2012
5.05
made this as a side dish to accompany fish for a dinner party, and it is really nice..the flavours are lovely...and I love Butter beans..
needham12
27th Mar, 2012
5.05
simple and tasty
sela_morris
27th Dec, 2011
4.05
Try to fry some chopped onions (2,medium) and skip the garlic. Ussually beans are happily married with smoked saussages or chorizo.
coffinfinite
13th Nov, 2011
5.05
Delicious and easy :)
schadylady
5th Apr, 2011
5.05
Easy, fast, tasty! Did not add extra sugar, tho'.
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Yarrie
15th Jun, 2015
I fried spicy chorizo with the garlic
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