Butter Beans & Chorizo

Name: Butter Beans & Chorizo
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1–2 Tbsp chopped fresh mint for garnishing; juice of 2 lemons; ½—1 tsp smoked paprika; ¼ cup white wine vinegar; 2 Tbsp Old Brown sherry; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 150 g spicy chorizo; 1 × 410 g can butter beans, drained and rinsed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

All Sorts of Healthy Dishes

By Chantal Lascaris

Published 2017

About

CHORIZO IS A SAUSAGE OF SPANISH ORIGIN, MADE OF COARSELY GROUND PORK AND HIGHLY SEASONED WITH GARLIC AND CHILLI. IT PAIRS WELL WITH THE BUTTER BEANS TO CREATE A SPICY, GARLICKY STARTER, OVERFLOWING WITH FLAVOUR.

Ingredients

150 g spicy chorizo
1 × 410 g can butter beans, drained and rinsed
½—1

Europe
Spain
Starter
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Slice the chorizo into 0.5cm-thick slices and then into half-moons.
Fry in a pan until starting to crisp.
Add the butter beans to the pan and stir.
Mix together the paprika, vinegar, sherry, garlic and lemon juice.
Pour over the chorizo and beans, coating well.
Simmer gently until the vinegar and sherry have evaporated.</