Warm Butter Beans Recipe

In my opinion, butter beans are having a moment. I have been obsessed. They are just such a hearty, but delicious, buttery bean to add to dishes for an added boost of plant-based protein. This warm butter beans recipe is the perfect side dish for your next dinner party or family dinner. You’re going to love them!

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Butter Beans Recipe

• Quick: Prep these warm butter beans in only 15 minutes
• Versatile: Serve this butter beans recipe with anything or eat it on its own. It makes a great side dish
• Healthy: Loaded with protein, this butter beans recipe is so good for you

🍲 Ingredients

Butter Beans – Also known as lima beans, butter beans have a creamy and buttery flavor and are so good for you. They are rich in vitamins, and minerals, and are a source of potassium, magnesium, folate, iron, zinc, and of course, protein.

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Hardboiled Eggs – The hardboiled eggs just add another boost of protein to this dish. Eggs are an important part of a healthy diet. They can help improve muscle health and aid in the protection against several diseases. They are also a cost-efficient protein to add to your meals and side dishes.

👩‍🍳 How to Make Butter Beans

1. In a small bowl whisk together 3 tbsp olive oil, pressed garlic cloves, lemon juice, dijon mustard, chili flakes, honey and salt. Set aside.
2. To a medium frying pan add 1 tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Once warm, turn to medium-low and add the butter beans and a pinch of salt. Cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until warm.
3. Transfer the beans and any olive oil from the pan to a medium-sized bowl. Add the diced onion, minced parsley and diced hardboiled egg. Drizzle the dressing over top of the ingredients and toss to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt if desired. Serve and enjoy.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

• Red Onion: Swap for green onion or white onion if you don’t have red onion
• Eggs: Not into eggs? You can remove these from this recipe or even swap them with shredded chicken or tofu
• Beans: If you can’t find butter beans, you can make this recipe with chickpeas too

🗒 Best served with

• Chicken Souvlaki
• Greek Meatball Recipe
• Fluffy Greek Pita Bread

👝 How to Store Leftovers

While this salad is delicious as soon as it’s made, you can also meal prep this salad. We recommend simply slicing the hardboiled eggs in half (instead of dicing) and packing them that way along with each serving of bean salad.

🤔 Common Questions

Warm Butter Beans Recipe

5 from 17 votes

I'm seriously obsessed with butter beans these days! This butter beans recipe is so easy to make and makes a great lunch or side dish.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Greek-Inspired

Servings 3 -4 as a side salad

Calories 435 kcal

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Ingredients

  

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• 3 15oz cans butter beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2/3 cup diced red onion (about 1 small red onion)
• 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
• 2 hardboiled eggs, diced

For the dressing

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, pressed
• juice from 1 lemon
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp chili flakes
• 1 tbsp liquid honey
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

 

• In a small bowl whisk together 3 tbsp olive oil, pressed garlic cloves, lemon juice, dijon mustard, chili flakes, honey and salt. Set aside.
• To a medium frying pan add 1 tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Once warm, turn to medium-low and add the butter beans and a pinch of salt. Cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until warm.
• Transfer the beans and any olive oil from the pan to a medium-sized bowl. Add the diced onion, minced parsley and diced hardboiled egg. Drizzle the dressing over top of the ingredients and toss to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt if desired. Serve and enjoy.

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Notes

• If you like this salad you’ll love our Black Eyed Pea Salad
• While this salad is delicious as soon as it’s made, you can also meal prep this salad. We recommend simply slicing the hardboiled eggs in half (instead of dicing) and pack that way along with each serving of bean salad

Nutrition

Calories: 435kcal | Carbohydrates: 53.4g | Protein: 18.4g | Fat: 18.5g | Saturated Fat: 3.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11.3g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 1149.9mg | Fiber: 12.1g | Sugar: 7.9g

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