# Miso Butter Beans

Creamy, savoury, a little spicy, and properly satisfying for something that comes together from one jar and a few fridge bits.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced (white and green parts separated)
- 570 g jar butter beans in salted water
- 1 tbsp low salt soy sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce optional
- 1 tbsp white miso
- 3 tbsp reduced fat crème fraîche or thick Greek yoghurt
- 0.5 juice of lime
- 2 big handfuls spinach optional
- chilli oil, to drizzle
- black pepper
- toasted sourdough, to serve optional

## Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a wide frying pan over medium high.
2. Add ginger paste, garlic paste, chilli flakes, and spring onion whites.
3. Cook 1 minute until super fragrant.
4. Add butter beans with all the jar liquid.
5. Stir in soy sauce, fish sauce if using, and miso.
6. Bubble 4 to 5 minutes until glossy and creamy.
7. Turn heat to low and wilt in spinach.
8. Take off the heat, stir in yoghurt until silky, then add lime juice and black pepper.
9. Spoon into bowls, top with spring onion greens, drizzle chilli oil, and serve with toasted sourdough if you like.

## Equipment

- wide frying pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gXqwIfJGnJ8
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/844d4351-5445-4a8f-b289-0684a61aec4b
- Extracted: 2026-04-22

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