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Butter Beans Fasolakia
🇬🇷 Greek

Butter Beans Fasolakia

🇬🇷 Greek

Hearty and humble: butter beans braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. About 63 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 48 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Tomato Sauce300 ml
  • Olive Oil2 tbsp
  • Dried Oregano1 tsp
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Fresh Dill1 handful
  • Butter Beans2 cans

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the butter beans well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the butter beans out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the dried oregano.

  3. 3

    Return the butter beans, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh dill right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the dried oregano in the oil before adding anything wet.

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