CREAMY MARRY ME BUTTER BEANS RECIPE – RICH SAUCE

Name: CREAMY MARRY ME BUTTER BEANS RECIPE - RICH SAUCE
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons of Olive oil.; 4 Large garlic cloves.; 1 Tablespoon of Tomato paste.; 5 Sun-dried tomatoes.; 100 ml of Vegetable broth.; 200 ml. of Canned coconut cream.; 50 grams of Spinach.; 2 Cans of Butter beans.; ¼ Teaspoon of Himalayan salt.; 1 Teaspoon of Paprika.; A pinch of ground black pepper.

This simple and traditional Italian dish can be easily adapted to a vegan version. Furthermore, it is a cheap and easy way to make it using the cans of beans you already have at home, as I did. For example, I didn’t have 2 cans of butter beans, so I replaced one of them with cannellini beans, as I had loads.

In the following sections, you will find the ingredients for this recipe, along with the alternatives I used and other options.

SEASONING FOR MARRY ME BUTTER BEANS

Seasoning this recipe is super easy, with just basil, either dried or fresh, you will add loads of flavour. If you would like to add other fresh herbs, such as fresh parsley, then go ahead! For more seasoning ideas, check the list below.

Oregano.
Dried or fresh parsley.
Rosemary.
Paprika.
White pepper and black pepper.
Fresh basil leaves.
Lemon juice.
Red pepper flakes.
Nutritional yeast.
Flavoured oil: such as sundried tomato oil.

In addition to these aromatic seasonings, if you want to make this marry me butter beans spicier, you can sprinkle chilli flakes or chilli powder.

INGREDIENTS FOR MARRY ME BUTTER BEANS

Beans: as the name of the recipe is given as the clue, the star ingredient of this recipe is butter beans or lima beans. However, if you don’t have them, don’t worry, you can easily replace them with other beans that you may already have at home. For example, other types of beans that you can use are cannellini beans, red kidney beans, navy beans, chickpeas, black beans, etc.
Sun-dried tomatoes: This can be a pricy ingredient and sometimes not that easy to find. As an alternative, if you are lucky enough to live in a sunny area, you can make your own; if this is not an option, you can replace them with cherry tomatoes or just fresh tomatoes.
Tomato paste:
Garlic: Minced garlic gives a unique flavour to this recipe; together with the olive oil, they make a great start when cooking this recipe. If you wish, you can replace this ingredient with its dried version, garlic powder.
Spinach: this ingredient not only adds loads of nutrition to your dish but also a nice flavour. If you don’t have fresh spinach or baby spinach when making this dish, you can use frozen spinach.
Plant-based cream: to make this recipe vegan, I replace the dairy-heavy cream with canned coconut milk. Alternatives to this include coconut cream or cashew cream. In addition to this, you can make a vegan bechamel sauce using vegan butter and vegan milk.
Fat: To cook the minced garlic cloves, I used olive oil; you can replace this ingredient with other vegetable oils, or you can also use vegan butter.

HOW TO SERVE MARRY ME BUTTER BEANS?

These creamy marry-me butter beans are a delicious and healthy side dish that you can serve at many occasions at home, or you can prepare this dish in advance to take to family gatherings. Furthermore, you can serve this dish as a starter and enjoy it with:

Lastly, if you are serving this recipe as a side dish, you can serve it with, for example, vegan burgers, vegan sausages, vegan meatballs, etc.

THIS RECIPE GOES WELL WITH:

Also, try this delicious Marry me butter beans recipe with homemade vegan Parmesan cheese.