DollopWhat to make with butter beans: 13 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on butter beans, easiest first. The quickest is Butter beans with romesco sauce, on the table in 20 minutes, and the cheapest is Slow cooker BBQ beans with baked potatoes at $1.68 a serving. Seven of them are simple enough for a first try.
Butter beans with romesco sauce
$3.22 a serving
20 min
Harissa butter beans with garlicky yogurt
$3.72 a serving
20 min
Air fryer crispy butter beans with garlicky greens
$4.11 a serving
25 min
Marry me butter beans
$2.50 a serving
25 min
Shrimp succotash
$3.37 a serving
25 min
Sheet pan butter beans with tomatoes and pesto
$4.75 a serving
30 min
Slow cooker BBQ beans with baked potatoes
$1.68 a serving
390 min
Miso butter beans with bok choy and rice
$3.00 a serving
30 min
Southern succotash with butter beans over rice
$2.55 a serving
35 min
Bean bunny chow (South African curry in a bread bowl)
$2.57 a serving
45 min
Greek baked butter beans (gigantes)
$2.00 a serving
65 min
Brunswick stew
$2.37 a serving
75 min
Chakalaka and pap (South African beans and cornmeal)
$2.16 a serving
40 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.