These creamy sundried tomato butter beans are a coconutty bean dish that will help you incorporate more beans into your diet this year! The coconut milk gives it a rich creaminess, along with sundried tomatoes, spinach and cilantro. It comes together in 30 minutes and is best enjoyed with orzo, toasted bread, or my homemade naan (check out the recipe here!).
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 25-30 minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil (see notes for oil-free)
- 1 onion
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- 2 cans of butter beans (400mL each)
- 1 can of light coconut milk (400mL)
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbspย nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp Italian spice blend
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup sliced sundried tomatoes
- 1-2 cups chopped spinach
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- Orzo or bread to serve
Equipment
- Frying pan or pot
Instructions
- If making orzo or another grain, boil water and cook according to package directions.
- Dice an onion and peel and mince garlic cloves.
- To a frying pan or pot on medium heat, add the olive oil, diced onion and stir often, until translucent.
- After a few minutes, add the minced garlic, then stir well.
- Drain and rinse two cans of butter beans and add to the pan, along with coconut milk, tomato paste, nutritional yeast, Italian spice blend and salt. Give it a good stir until well combined and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer for 15-20 mins, stirring every few minutes, until the coconut milk has simmered down to be thick and creamy. If the coconut milk simmers down too much, add a few tbsp of water to loosen.
- Add sliced sundried tomatoes, chopped spinach and cilantro and stir again.
- After a couple of minutes, remove from heat. Serve with your orzo, toasted bread or homemade naan and enjoy!
Notes
*For an oil-free version, omit olive oil and use a bit of water or vegetable stock in a good non-stick pan to fry the onions.
*I love serving this with a batch of homemade naan – check out the recipe here!
14 Responses
I love your recipes.I hope to eat less meat and more legumes.
Hi Ruby, I am so happy to hear you are enjoying my recipes! I am also trying to eat more legumes – this butter bean dish is a great place to start! Hope you love it ๐
Can the coconut milk be replaced with any other plant-based milk, preferably oat? This recipe sounds fabulous!
Hi Kati, yes! You could also add some cornstarch if needed to thicken it – let me know how it turns out! ๐
Thanks so much Michelle! I made for dinner tonight for my family and they all loved it. I added some chilli flakes for a little kick and was fabulous! No cornstarch needed but the oat milk I used is especially creamy.
My daughter drove from Utah to Wisconsin for Christmas this year. She brought this recipe and I made it tonight for Christmas Eve. It was wonderful with mini Naan. We will be making this a tradition.
I’m so happy to hear you loved it!
Wishing you happy holidays ๐
-Mina
Curious if you think this dish would work well adding baby Bella mushrooms?
Yes, always mushrooms!! ๐
Hope you enjoy the dish!
-Mina
This was deeeelicious! Super easy, affordable, and quick to make. We loved this and will definitely make it again! ๐
Hello
I love beans, but I don’t see butter beans at my stores. Are they the same as navy beans or cannellini?
They can be hard to find! Sometimes in the organic section.
Cannellini beans will work fine for this recipe, they’re quite similar!
butter beans are also called lima beans !!
Yes! Though there is a slight difference – Lima beans are more mature so they tend to be a bit more bitter than butter beans (which would be the younger/immature bean). Cannellini beans also work great in this recipe!