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Tinola-Inspired Butter Beans

Tinola-Inspired Butter Beans

I went with this recipe because I’ve never seen any “easy recipes” online that highlight the flavors used in Filipino cuisine. Kalea Martin, Create Cooking Challenge: Easy Peasy entrant, WLIW viewer

Recipe Ingredients

  • - 1 can butter beans
  • - 6 cloves of garlic, minced
  • - 1 tablespoon thinly sliced ginger plus more for garnishing
  • - 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
  • - 1/2 cup chopped frozen spinach
  • - 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe Instructions

- In an oiled pan, sauté the butter beans with the ginger, fish sauce, and half of the minced garlic.

- Then in a separate bowl, use a fork to mash together the spinach, olive oil and the rest of the garlic.

- Add the butter beans to a plate and top with the spinach mixture.

- Top with more ginger and enjoy!