These Spanish Beans with Piquillo Peppers are seriously one of the BEST Spanish bean dishes I have ever tasted. We´re talking a huge explosion of flavors, super easy to make and all done in just 30 minutes. The perfect dish for a busy weeknight dinner yet elegant enough for a luxurious weekend lunch.
To make this dish I used jarred butter beans, which is the same thing as the canned ones. Important to drain the beans and rinse them under cold water. This way the beans can absorb all the flavors in the pan.
To make the tomato sauce, I finely grated fresh tomatoes. But you can also use canned tomato sauce or even passata. For the peppers, I used Spanish piquillo peppers, which are a type of Spanish roasted peppers. If you can´t find them in your area, you can just use regular jarred roasted peppers.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: As stated above, I used jarred butter beans. But you can use any type of white beans you like. Either way, once you add the beans into the pan, make sure to simmer them for 10 minutes. This will ensure that all the flavors develop and for the beans to be ultra soft.
Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:
MY NONSTICK FRY PAN
EXTRA VIRGIN SPANISH OLIVE OIL
SWEET SMOKED SPANISH PAPRIKA
SPANISH SEA SALT
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Spanish Beans with Paprika & Piquillo Peppers
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 45 ml
- 1 small onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika 2.30 grams
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar 15 ml
- 5 tomatoes
- 2 1/2 cups canned butter beans 400 grams
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth 120 ml
- 5 jarred piquillo peppers
- handful finely chopped parsley
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
Instructions
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Heat a large fry pan with a medium heat and add in 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
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Meanwhile, finely chop the onion, roughly the garlic and finely grate the tomatoes to end up with 1 cup tomato sauce (225 grams)
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Add the onion & garlic into the pan with the hot olive oil, mix continuously, after 3 minutes add in 1 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika and 1 tbsp sherry vinegar, quickly mix together, then add in the grated tomato, mix together and simmer
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After 4 minutes and the tomato sauce has thickened, add in 2 1/2 cups canned butter beans (drained & rinsed) and season with sea salt & black pepper, gently mix together, then add in 1/2 cup vegetable broth, mix together and simmer for 10 minutes
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Meanwhile, thinly slice the piquillo peppers
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After 10 minutes and most of the broth has been absorbed by the beans, turn off the heat, add in the sliced piquillo peppers, gently mix together, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley, enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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Heather Doyle
23 . Jun . 2024Enjoyed this and loved that I had most of the ingredients on hand. Probably important that the smoked paprika is good quality. One note, the number of tomatoes needed may be off depending on what is used. For me, about two tomatoes gave me the requested one cup of sauce. It would be nice to update the ingredient list with “for 1 cup of sauce”.
Spain on a Fork
On the instructions on step 2, it states finely grate the tomatoes to end up with 1 cup sauce, for me it was 5 tomatoes, but of course it depends on the size of tomatoes you are using, glad you enjoyed the dish! Much love 🙂
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07 . Mar . 2023Sanna
21 . May . 2022Absolutely delicious!! I used fire roasted diced tomatoes, cannelini beans and roasted red peppers (all from my current pantry) – still, the flavors were amazing! My smoked paprika is really delicious. Thank you. Could easily eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner with added egg, tuna, sardines etc.
Spain on a Fork
So happy to hear that! Thanks for the comment Sanna 🙂 much love
22 . May . 2022Sinead Heath
Can you roast your own bell peppers and add them?
11 . May . 2022Spain on a Fork
Absolutely 🙂 Much love!
11 . May . 2022Amar
09 . May . 2022Making this as I type and the smells are out of this world amazing! Many thanks Albert and much love.
Spain on a Fork
So happy to hear that! Hope you enjoy 🙂 much love
09 . May . 2022Ramya
cant wait to make this soon for me i never had spanish beans with piquillo peppers before perfect for my after office meals love your recipes as always brightens up my day everyday after work
09 . May . 2022Spain on a Fork
So happy to hear that Ramya! Much love 🙂
09 . May . 2022