
Broad beans & peas with mint butter
A delicious summery side dish, with the very best of the season's veg crop
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- 700g podded broad beans
- 500g podded peas
- 50g butter
- 1bunch spring onionschopped
- 4 tbsp chicken stockor water
- handful mintleaves
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal97
- fat6g
- saturates4g
- carbs7g
- sugars2g
- fibre4g
- protein5g
- salt0.1glow
Method
step 1
Heat half the butter and fry onions until soft. Add beans and stir. Add stock or water, bring to the boil, cover and cook for 5 mins. Add peas and seasoning and cook for 5 mins until tender. Stir in mint and remaining butter.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2011
Comments, questions and tips (5)
Overall rating
andrena22
I used a white onion to make this delicious side dish for guests. It tasted brilliant and was so easy to make from storecupboard/freezer ingredients. Mine didn't take 30 mins to prep, the whole thing was ready in 30 mins.

lucytwinkle
Delicious, so fresh and summery!
lizleicester
Used mangetouts instead of peas and a small onion instead of spring onions and the result was a delicious way to eat broad beans.
sammarie
We really enjoyed this side dish - a fresh, tasty way to serve broad beans. Will definately do it again!
stemichka
This week, I received broad beans and spring onions in my organic veg box and with my mint sprouting away merrily on my balcony at the moment, this seemed the perfect recipe to try. I double-podded the beans (I spotted that trick on another recipe and I only wish my mum had known about this as I…