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Smoky Spanish beans with eggs

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

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  • 1 whole onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 whole green bell pepper
Finely chop the onion, roughly chop the garlic, finely chop the green bell pepper.
  • 1 jar butter beans
Drain the butter beans into a fine sieve and rinse under cold running water.
Heat the olive oil in a large fry pan over medium heat for a couple of minutes.
  • 30 ml extra virgin olive oil
Add the chopped vegetables, mix to coat, and stir continuously 4 to 5 minutes until lightly sauteed.
  • 1¼ g sweet smoked Spanish paprika
  • 1 tsp hot smoked Spanish paprika
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
Add both paprikas and the cumin and mix to coat the vegetables.
Paprikas and cumin
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Add the diced tomatoes and the drained beans, season with sea salt and black pepper, and mix gently.
Simmer over medium heat about 10 minutes.
  • 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 whole eggs
Heat the olive oil in a separate fry pan over medium and crack each egg into its own bowl.
Slide the eggs into the hot oil and leave them 1 to 2 minutes until a light crusty texture forms underneath.
Spoon the hot olive oil over the eggs for a few seconds only, then remove; fry the remaining eggs the same way.
  • sea salt
Season the fried eggs with sea salt and black pepper.
  • fresh parsley
Plate the beans, top with a fried egg and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serving with a fried egg