Greek Giant Butter Beans

This greek inspired recipe is a real goodie and makes for a perfect midweek plant-based dish that is jam-packed with protein and nutrients. It’s also beautifully fragrant, simple to make and utterly delicious! To make this dish super easy to prepare and quick to make I used canned butter beans instead of dried ones. This will safe you a lot of time cooking and you will have this delicious veggie dish in no time hot and ready on your table.

INGREDIENTS

400g canned or pre cooked giant butter beans 
1 red onion 
4 cloves of garlic
1 tsp tomato paste
1 can of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp dry oregano
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp vegetable powder or half a stock cube
extra virgin olive oil
salt & pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Chop the onion into small cubes and fry with some olive oil in a medium size saucepan until soft and golden, chop garlic and add to the pan, cook for a minute together with the onions on a low heat.

2. Add the tomato paste and brown the paste for a couple of minutes, then add the chopped tomatoes and a little bit of water, season with oregano, chilli powder, vegetable powder, salt and pepper to taste.

3. Now add the cooked giant butter beans and simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes until all the juices and flavour of the tomato sauce is soaked up by the butter beans.

Serve with brown rice or on top of a thick slice of sourdough bread.

Enjoy