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Introducing my homemade Spicy Butterbeans. Ready in just 10 minutes using one-pot and a handful of ingredients you can get from any supermarket. Trust me once you have tried these homemade butter beans you’ll make it time and time again.

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Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy

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Why this recipe works

These spicy butterbeans are the perfect easy breakfast, brunch or lunch and can be prepped in advance to just reheat on the day.

Packed with protein, it’s a healthy meal to serve on toast or with crusty bread.

What you’ll love about these Spicy Butterbeans

  • 10 minutes to make
  • One-Pot
  • Super easy
  • Handful of ingredients
  • Supermarket ingredients
  • Gluten free & Vegan

Ingredients to make Spicy Butterbeans

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  1. Tinned Chopped Tomatoes – makes a delicious tomato based sauce.
  2. Fresh Garlic – adds an easy depth of flavour.
  3. Tinned Butterbeans – the star of the show! I made a Creamy Butterbeans recipe which you’ll enjoy too!
  4. Tamari – gives a delicious umami flavour.
  5. Maple Syrup – balances out the bitterness from the tomatoes.
  6. Paprika – adds extra flavour.
  7. Chilli Flakes – adds a nice bit of spice.
  8. Spinach – Adds some extra goodness but totally optional.

See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Substitutions

  • Butterbeans – you could always swap these for cannellini beans or haricot beans.
  • Tamari – coconut aminos if you are soya free or soy sauce if you’re not gluten-free.
  • Maple Syrup – for honey to add sweetness.

How to make Spicy Butterbeans

Butterbeans cooked in a metal pot.

Step 1: To a pot add 1 crushed garlic clove and the drained and rinsed butter beans and stir.

Step 2: Next add tinned tomatoes, paprika, chilli flakes, maple syrup, tamari and stir.

Step 3: Cook on a high heat for about 7-8 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.

What to serve with Spicy Butterbeans

Spicy Butterbeans on Toast bowl.

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Spicy Butterbeans

By: James Wythe
Delicious homemade spicy butterbeans. The perfect healthy breakfast/brunch or lunch!
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
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Ingredients 

  • glug olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 400 g can of butterbeans, drained and rinsed
  • 400 g tinned tomatoes
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 2 pinches chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp tamari
  • handful spinach
  • pinch salt and pepper
  • gluten free bread for toasting
Metric – US Customary

Instructions 

  • To a pot add a glug of olive oil, 1 crushed garlic clove and the drained and rinsed butter beans and stir.
  • Now add the tinned tomatoes, 2 tsp paprika, 2 pinches chilli flakes, 1 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tbsp tamari and stir.
  • Cook on a high heat for about 7-8 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.
  • Now take off the heat, add the spinach and stir though until it wilts.

Notes

You could always make a big batch of this and freeze it down for another day!

Nutrition

Calories: 91kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 14g
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Hey, I'm James! A fully qualified health coach, cookbook author, full time food blogger and new dad with over 1 million followers. I started this journey after a sudden illness left me bed bound for 2 years and housebound for 4 years! I’m here to help you make healthy and delicious food for you and your family in less time!

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23 Comments

  2. 5 stars
    I love this recipe – so easy and so simple. Worth 10 stars! Well done. I haven’t been well and wanted to eat something, so on the road to recovery, but didn’t feel like spending time on it. My hand was almost reaching for a can of baked beans, but I honestly didn’t fancy baked beans. Your spice butterbeans really did it for me. The only thing I didn’t have to hand was maple syrup so I used some honey. Would you have suggested anything else?

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  3. 5 stars
    Wow…easy easy easy and wow… yummi yummi yummi…Thank you so very much for your amazing vegan recipes 🙂 I can’t believe that something you can make this quick, with very few ingredients, can be this tasty.

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  5. Definitely going to get this one ago. Since I love your smoked hummus so much this one has got to be just as awesome.

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  6. 5 stars
    Amazingly simple, tasty recipe. That comforting feeling of having beans on toast, but packed with nutrients and without the sugar that is added to tinned baked beans! Thanks James.

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