CHORIZO AND BEANS
Make ordinary beans spectacular by cooking it in this amazing creamy sauce! Serve beans with perfectly cooked chorizo and crusty bread YUM!
Ingredients
- 2 chorizo (sliced 1cm thick) (NOTE 1 )
- 20 gm butter (1 tbsp)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- ½ brown onion (finely chopped)
- ½ cup passata (NOTE 2)
- ½ cup thickened cream (NOTE 3)
- ½ cup parmesan (freshly grated)
- 1 tsp chicken powder (NOTE 4)
- 3 400gm tins of butter beans (3 x 14 oz tins) (NOTE 5)
- salt and pepper to taste
Optional Garnish
- parsley (finely chopped)
- parmesan (freshly shredded)
Instructions
- Melt the butter on medium to high heat in a pot or a deep pan, add in the garlic, onions. Cook and stir for a minute or until the onions soften. Add in the passata, cream and stir to combine, add in the parmesan and chicken powder. Cook until the parmesan has melted then add in the beans. Stir regularly and cook until the sauce thickens. Taste the sauce, if needed add salt and pepper to your liking. Garnish (optional) with chopped parsley and freshly shredded parmesan cheese
- Heat up a frying pan on medium to high heat with no oil. Place the chorizo slices down and cook on each side for 2 minutes or until it's nicely crisp and caramelised. Serve with creamy beans and crusty bread.
Notes
(NOTE 1) Chorizo - I used the prepackaged smoked Spanish Chorizos, the ones found near the bacon section in the fridge.
(NOTE 2) Passata is lightly cooked tomatoes made into a puree without the seeds and skin. If you don't have passata you can swap it with crushed tin tomatoes.
(NOTE 3) Thickened cream is cream with gelatine added to it, it has 35% milk fat and is often used for whipping.
(NOTE 4) Chicken powder, chicken stock powder or stock cube can be used.
(NOTE 5) Butter beans - To keep this recipe hassle-free and convenient I used canned butter beans as dried beans need to be soaked and cooked for a good amount of time. With canned beans, all we need to do is drain the beans, rinse them under the water using a colander and strain. You can swap butter beans with other fleshy white beans such as cannellini.
Leftovers will be good for a few days kept in a sealed container in the fridge.
Cooking measurements are in Australian standard spoon and cup measurements
A Third-Party Application calculated the calories and nutritional information, so this is an approximate guide only.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ServingCalories: 491kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 24gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 1073mgPotassium: 1099mgFiber: 13gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1121IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 209mgIron: 6mg