Fresh fava beans with salt cod and green onion

Fresh fava beans with salt cod and green onion

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A delicious Belgian starter consisting of green beans, cod, and new onions, prepared in just one hour.

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This dish is perfect for a spring meal. It’s easy to prepare and is suitable for two people.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time—
  • Total20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodno cooking required
  • Estimated cost$5.16 $2.58 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

2 people
  • $4.52
  • $0.21
  • $0.13
  • $0.01
  • $0.29

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. The day before, soak the cod in cold water; after the second water change, drain it. ≈ 2 min
  2. Remove the bones, separate the flesh into strips, and place it in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil. ≈ 2 min
  3. Chop the new onion and shell the broad beans. ≈ 8 min
  4. Add the onion and broad beans to the cod, mix well, and season with salt if needed. Then, grind some black pepper over the top. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Fresh fava beans with salt cod and green onion

  • 300 g of fresh broad beans, still in their pods, and very fresh$4.52
  • 1 new onion$0.21
  • pepper$0.13
  • salt$0.01
  • extra virgin olive oil$0.29

Total$5.16

that's $2.58 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of fresh broad beans, still in their pods, and very fresh
  • 200 g of salted cod
  • 1 new onion
  • pepper
  • salt
  • extra virgin olive oil

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