🇬🇷 Greek

Butter Beans Psito

Name: Butter Beans Psito
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 73 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 4 Potato; 2 Lemon; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 2 cans Butter Beans

🇬🇷 Greek

Time does the work here: butter beans melts into a glossy braising liquid after a long, gentle simmer. About 73 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 58 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Potato4
Lemon2
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Butter Beans2 cans

Optional extras

Fresh Dillhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the butter beans deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the dried oregano.
3
Return the butter beans, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the butter beans yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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