Spanish Gigante Beans

When I was a child, I used to travel to Madrid with my family. This authentic dish was my go-to order wherever it was available. Today, I am sharing with you an easy, simple recipe on how to make this delicious and nutritious Spanish meal.

Ingredients for 2 portions:

1 can of butter beans 

1 can of peeled plum tomatoes

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 a chopped red onion

A large handful of spinach

2 teaspoons of paprika

1 bay leaf

2 teaspoons of basil

A sweet potato to serve (optional)

Method:

To begin, fry the chopped onion and garlic until they are soft and brown. Next, throw in the tomatoes and butter beans, and the herbs/spices. You can start to prepare the sweet potato by washing and pricking it before placing it on a baking tray. Cook in the oven and allow the beans to simmer for about 20 minutes. Make sure to add the spinach around 5 minutes before it is ready, it should soft and have decreased quite a lot in size when the spinach is cooked.

Serve the Spanish gigante beans on the sweet potato and enjoy, this recipe is also good for batch cooking so make sure to make twice as much for some delicious lunches throughout the week!