Tomato Braised Butter Beans

Creamy without a drop of dairy, because the beans do it themselves.

⏱ 35 min · easy · 🍽 serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 cans butter beans, drained
• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more to finish
• 1 onion, sliced
• 5 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 can crushed tomatoes, 28 oz
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp chili flakes
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• Handful of basil
• Kosher salt

Steps

1. Cook the onion in the oil 8 minutes, then the garlic 1 minute.
2. Add the tomato paste, paprika and chili and stir hard 90 seconds.
3. Add the tomatoes, stock and beans. Simmer 20 minutes uncovered.
4. Mash a quarter of the beans against the side of the pot. That is where the creaminess comes from.
5. Season, tear in basil and pour over a slick of raw olive oil.