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Garlic Butter Beans

Ajoke
This easy butter beans recipe will literally change your life and how you cook canned butter beans. It's creamy, mildly flavored, and perfect to pair with bold flavors like garlic and harissa seasoning. This is the canned beans recipe you didn't know you needed until now.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American, British
Servings 4
Calories 155 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 16oz Canned butter beans
  • 2 Tablespoons Unsalted butter
  • ½ Tablespoon Harissa seasoning
  • ⅓ cup sundried tomatoes
  • 3 Garlic cloves finely chopped
  • ½ cup onion finely chopped
  • ½ cup Gruyere cheese freshly grated
  • ½ Parmesan cheese freshly grated
  • 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Place a skillet on medium-high heat, add butter, and let it melt.
    2 Tablespoons Unsalted butter
  • Add onions and saute until soft, translucent, and fragrant. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
    ½ cup onion, 3 Garlic cloves
  • Add two canned butter beans (do not drain) and stir to combine. Add harissa seasoning, sundried tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and salt and black pepper to taste. Stir to combine and simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat to infuse the flavor.
    2 16oz Canned butter beans, ½ Tablespoon Harissa seasoning, ⅓ cup sundried tomatoes, ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, Salt and black pepper to taste
  • Using a potato masher or the back of a spatula, gently mash some of the butter beans to break it up slightly. This will give the beans a creamy consistency.
  • Add gruyere, parmesan cheese, and parsley and stir to combine until the cheese is melted.
    ½ cup Gruyere cheese, ½ Parmesan cheese, 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • Simmer for another 1-2 minutes. Take it off the heat and serve immediately with any crusty bread of your choice.

Nutrition

Calories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 7gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 138mgPotassium: 375mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 488IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 190mgIron: 1mg

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