5-a-Day Butter Bean & Chorizo Bake
I had a fridge full of various vegetables and a tin of butter beans so this 5-a-Day Butter Bean & Chorizo Bake was the result and I have to say that all plates were cleaned with vigour.
This dish is like a rainbow and delicious with some wholemeal buttered crusty bread. Just scoop on and enjoy! To make this dish vegetarian simply omit the chorizo or substitute with vegetarian sausage.
Try this 5-a-Day Butter Bean & Chorizo with your own combination of vegetables or herbs. A great way to clear out the fridge from those odds and sods that get left over.
5 A Day Butterbean & Chorizo Bake
Definitely one of your 5-a-day if not all of them.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion sliced
- 75 g chorizo finely diced
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1 large carrot sliced
- 1 large leek sliced
- 1 celery stalk chopped
- 1 large courgette sliced
- 150 g / 6oz mushrooms sliced
- 1 x 400g tin butterbeans
- 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 heaped tsp rosemary freshly chopped
- Salt & Pepper
- Topping:
- 2 slices stale wholemeal bread
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp grated Parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 190°C.
- Gently fry the onion, garlic, chorizo, carrot and leek for 4 minutes in the oil.
- Add the celery, mushrooms and courgettes and fry for a further 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add the beans, tomatoes, tomato puree, rosemary, salt and pepper.
- Transfer to an oven proof serving dish.
- Make topping by whizzing up bread with paprika, parmesan and olive oil.
- Spread over top and bake for 15 minutes until topping is crispy.
Notes
Serve with a warm crusty wholemeal baguette. To make this dish vegetarian, simply omit the chorizo. As an alternative you could use 3 thick slices of bacon (chopped), fry well first then spread over the bottom of the dish ready to be topped with the vegetables and beans.
Ursula Hunt
Gave it a try Camilla and it was delicious
Camilla
Yay, so glad you enjoyed it, we had it the other night too:-)
Michelle Luck
Will be trying a variation of this myself – looks yummy!
Heather Haigh
Great idea – going to make a version of this today with leftover veg and pinto beans.
Camilla
Great, hope you enjoy it:-)
Helen Allan
My children love both chorizo and butterbeans so there wouldn’t be any left-overs here.
Camilla
Glad to hear that:-)
KMayers
I like the idea of this dish. I love Chorizo and many of the vegetables in the dish, it also seems really healthy. My only problem would be finding something to replace the butter beans I think as they are one of my pet hates sadly.
Camilla
Chickpeas?
Ursula Hunt
Great health and colourful dish, looks really appetising
Camilla
Yes you do feel like you’ve done yourself some good after eating this dish:-)
Heather Haigh
Love butterbeans, I really like the look of this 🙂
Camilla
Thanks:-)
Ursula Hunt
Very healthy and delicious looking meal
Camilla
Hope you give it a try, it’s very good:-)
Paul Wilson
I like the look of this: healthy and a bit different.
Fuss Free Helen
Love it! Nothing like a fridge bottomly use it all up one pot!
Camilla
Hi Helen, yes I love this dish and make it differently each time according to what needs eating up + it’s economical on the washing up too!