# Five-minute weeknight meal

A quick, easy, high-protein meal packed with vegetables, featuring cod fillets, beans, and tinned tomatoes.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- oil
- 2 handfuls Sainsbury's vegetable base mix (finely diced onion, celery, and carrot), or sofrito mix
- peppers
- butter beans, drained
- 1 tin tin tomatoes (cherry tomatoes recommended)
- 1 tin water
- salt and pepper
- 1 handful frozen spinach
- 2 Sainsbury's skinless, boneless cod fillets

## Instructions

1. Place a heavy bottom pan onto the hob over medium-high heat and add a bit of oil.
2. Add a couple of handfuls of vegetable base mix (finely diced onion, celery, and carrot) to the pot.
3. Stir well and let it soften in the pan.
4. Chop peppers into small pieces and add them to the pan.
5. Drain butter beans and add them to the pan.
6. Add a tin of tomatoes to the pan.
7. Fill the empty tomato tin with water and pour it into the pan.
8. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
9. Shove a handful of frozen spinach into the pan.
10. Add two frozen skinless, boneless cod fillets directly into the stew, pushing them down into the middle.
11. Leave to cook for about 10-15 minutes.
12. Once the fish is flaky, remove the lid and leave it to reduce on a low heat for another 10 minutes.
13. Serve the meal, optionally with some crusty bread.

## Equipment

- heavy bottom pan
- hob (medium-high heat)
- pepper grinder

## Tips

- Use a vegetable base mix or sofrito mix to save chopping time.
- Frozen cod fillets can be added directly to the stew without thawing.
- Let the fish cook for 10-15 minutes, then reduce for another 10 minutes with the lid off on low heat.
- Serve with crusty bread to soak up the sauce.
- Cannellini beans or chickpeas can be used instead of butter beans.
- Any tinned tomatoes can be used, but cherry tomatoes are recommended for sweetness.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVNk0mAjbju/?igsh=NGZ4M3F4OXhld3Z0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/07971e56-a1ab-45d0-a868-777e9bf65bb3
- Extracted: 2026-06-13

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