Creamy Tomato Butter Beans with Silken Tofu
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A creamy, protein-rich butter bean dish made with tomato, garlic, silken tofu, nutritional yeast, and coconut milk. The sauce is blended until smooth, then combined with tender butter beans and finished with parsley.
- Time
- 30 minutes
- Equipment
- Stovetop and blender
- Good for
- Lunch or dinner
- Cuisine
- American
- Contains
- Soy
- Diet
- Vegan
Diet and allergen details are read from the ingredient names and are not certified.
Ingredients
- 12 g
- 240 g
- 340 g
- 15 g
- 120 g
- 1 g
- 480 g
- 15 g
Weights are estimates. Together, the ingredients weigh about 1.19 kg before cooking, which is about 295 g per serving.
Steps
Peel the garlic. Chop the tomatoes so they blend easily, and drain and rinse the butter beans. Pick the parsley leaves from the stems and roughly chop them for finishing.
Add the garlic and tomatoes to a blender. Blend until smooth and saucy, with no large pieces of tomato or garlic remaining.
Add the silken tofu, nutritional yeast, coconut milk, and salt to the blender. Blend again until the sauce is completely smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust the salt or nutritional yeast as needed.
Pour the blended sauce into a large saucepan or skillet. Bring it to a gentle simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently so the tofu and coconut milk do not scorch. Cook for about 5 minutes, until hot and slightly thickened.
Add the drained butter beans to the sauce. Stir gently to coat them without crushing the beans.
Simmer the beans in the sauce for 5–8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through and the sauce has a creamy, cohesive texture.
Serve hot, spooned into bowls and finished with the chopped parsley. Taste once more and add additional salt or nutritional yeast if desired.
Notes
The transcript contains an apparent garlic measurement slip: it says both “four cloves” and “four heads.” Four cloves is used here because four heads would be an unusually large amount. The transcript also mentions that some ingredients shown were for a different bean recipe and should not be included. Serve with crusty bread, rice, or another grain if desired.
Nutrition
These are estimates per serving, worked out from the ingredients.
- Calories
- 280
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 31 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 10 g
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