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One pot weeknight pasta with butter beans, peas and arugula

Laura in the Kitchen · ♥ 1.5K likes · 35.8K views · 2 min video

Read about lima, butter and gigante beans in the BrightCulinary Book

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  • ½ whole onions
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6 cup stock
  • 10 oz pasta
  • extra virgin olive oil
Dice onion and garlic; saute in a good amount of extra virgin olive oil in a shallow dutch oven for a few minutes.
  • ½ lemon lemon zest
  • 1 tsp calabrian chili paste
  • 14 oz butter beans
Add lemon zest and about a teaspoon of Calabrian chili paste, then 14 ounces of drained, rinsed butter beans; cook a few minutes with a pinch of salt.
  • salt
Add the stock, bring to a boil and boil a couple of minutes.
Add the pasta directly to the well-seasoned broth and cook until cooked through.
  • ½ cup frozen peas
About a minute before the pasta is ready, add about half a cup of frozen peas and finish cooking together a minute or two.
  • ½ lemon lemon juice
  • parm
  • fresh baby arugula
Add the juice of half a lemon, a little more parm and a few handfuls of baby arugula; let the residual heat wilt it.
Finishing with lemon, parm, arugula and burrata
  • burrata
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • hot pepper flake
  • parm
Serve topped with burrata, a little more extra virgin olive oil, hot pepper flake and extra parm.