Garlic Butter Beans
This simple butter beans dish will truly transform your culinary experience and the way you prepare canned butter beans. It’s velvety, subtly flavored, and ideal for complementing robust tastes like garlic and harissa spice. This is the canned beans recipe you never realized you required until now.
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If you’ve been curious about how to cook butter beans or elevate them into something exquisite, you’ve landed in the right spot. Who would have thought combining pantry staples with cheese and other common ingredients could result in a creamy and tasty meal?
I relish serving this dish alongside rice or crusty bread (not toasted). You can’t go wrong with these two choices.
Reasons to love this dish
Prepared in 15 minutes: This garlic butter bean (commonly referred to as lima beans) is fantastic for a hectic weeknight when you crave a meat-free meal loaded with protein and fiber.
Cost-effective: This recipe features straightforward and readily available ingredients you might already possess.
Full of flavor: This creamy, cozy, and wholesome family meal employs beans that absorb the delightful tastes of the accompanying ingredients.
Flexible: You are not restricted to using canned butter beans. Dried ones will work too, provided you cook them first until tender before following this recipe. Occasionally, I prefer to exchange butter beans for cannellini beans.
Ingredients needed
Ready-made butter beans: This recipe is quick since the beans are pre-cooked. Uncooked dried lima beans require up to 2 hours, or about 30 minutes if you utilize a pressure cooker.
Unsalted butter
Harissa spice blend
Dried tomatoes
Garlic
Onion
Gruyere cheese
Parmesan cheese
Dried parsley: I prefer dried parsley for this dish.
Cayenne pepper flakes
Salt and black pepper to taste
Steps to create garlic butter beans
Sauté the aromatics: Heat a skillet over medium-high, add the butter, and allow it to melt.
Introduce the onions and sauté until soft, translucent, and aromatic. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until it becomes fragrant.
Cook the beans: Incorporate two cans of butter beans (do not drain) and mix well. Add the harissa spice blend, dried tomatoes, cayenne pepper flakes, along with salt and black pepper to taste. Stir to combine and let simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes to meld the flavor.
Utilize a potato masher or the flat side of a spatula to gently mash some of the butter beans, breaking them up slightly.
Stir in the gruyere, parmesan cheese, and parsley until the cheese completely melts.
Allow it to simmer for an additional 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and serve immediately with your choice of crusty bread.
Watch how to prepare it
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Serving suggestions
Garlic butter beans can accompany bread, pan-seared seabass, rice, quinoa, pasta, or cauliflower rice (for a low-carb alternative).
Cooking time for canned butter beans
Canned butter beans are pre-cooked and typically have cooking instructions on the label. The guidelines usually suggest cooking them for 4-5 minutes on the stove, but they can be prepared for longer depending on the specific recipe you are utilizing, such as today’s.
Suggestions and variations
- This recipe can be made vegan by utilizing plant-based butter, omitting the parmesan cheese, or substituting it with vegan cheese.
- Incorporate other vegetables such as spinach, kale, or bell peppers for added nutrition and a splash of color.
- Add canned tomatoes and season with any spices you prefer.
- You may substitute gruyere cheese with another melting cheese like cheddar or gouda.
Storage instructions
After cooling, place leftover cooked butter beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.
Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop until warmed through.
More legume dishes you will adore
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Leftover pork curry with chickpeas
Lentil chickpea curry
Instant pot black-eyed peas
Lentil chicken curry
Chickpea salad
White bean dip
Garlic Butter Beans
This simple butter beans dish will truly transform your culinary experience and the way you prepare canned butter beans. It’s velvety, subtly flavored, and ideal for complementing robust tastes like garlic and harissa spice.
This is the preserved beans formula you weren’t aware you needed until now.
- 2 16oz Canned butter beans
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted butter
- ½ Tablespoon Harissa seasoning
- ⅓ cup sundried tomatoes
- 3 Garlic cloves finely minced
- ½ cup onion finely minced
- ½ cup Gruyere cheese freshly shredded
- ½ Parmesan cheese freshly shredded
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Salt and black pepper as preferred
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Heat a skillet over medium-high flame, add the butter, and let it melt.
2 Tablespoons Unsalted butter
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Mix in the onions and sauté until tender, translucent, and aromatic. Incorporate the garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until it releases its aroma.
½ cup onion , 3 Garlic cloves
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Introduce two cans of butter beans (do not drain) and mix thoroughly. Add harissa seasoning, sun-dried tomatoes, red chili flakes, and salt and black pepper as preferred. Stir to combine and let simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat to enhance the flavor.
2 16oz Canned butter beans, ½ Tablespoon Harissa seasoning, ⅓ cup sundried tomatoes, ½ teaspoon red chili flakes, Salt and black pepper as preferred
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Employ a potato masher or the flat side of a spatula to gently smash some of the butter beans to break them up a little. This will lend the beans a creamy texture.
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Incorporate gruyere, parmesan cheese, and parsley and mix until the cheese is melted.
½ cup Gruyere cheese , ½ Parmesan cheese , 2 teaspoons dried parsley
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Simmer for an additional 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and serve right away with any crusty bread of your liking.
Calories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 7gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3g
Trans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 138mgPotassium: 375mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 488IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 190mgIron: 1mg
Nutritional information: Please be aware that the nutrition label offered is an approximation determined using an online nutrition calculator. It may differ based on the particular ingredients and brands utilized. Under no circumstances will thedinnerbite.com be liable for any loss or harm incurred from your reliance on nutritional data.
And there you have it, a straightforward and tasty butter beans dish you can whip up at home in 20 minutes. As always, if you tried this recipe, I would be thrilled to hear from you! Please rate the recipe 5 stars and provide your thoughts in the comments section below. Tag me @thedinnerbite on Instagram and save it to your Pinterest. Don’t forget to subscribe to the blog for free new recipes delivered straight to your inbox.
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