Tender broad beans simmered with vegetables and chestnuts
Tender broad beans, simmered gently with zucchini, onion, tomato, and chestnuts, combined with a sauce made from garlic and basil, served with olives.
In Aragon, broad beans are often eaten while they are still tender. Here, they are simmered gently with vegetables and chestnuts in a sauce flavored with garlic and basil. A simple dish, ready in 45 minutes.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time45 min
- Resting30 min
- Total1 hr 30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostModerate
- Cooking methodnibbling
- Estimated cost$16.73 $4.18 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
- $15.17
- $0.04
- $0.14
- $0.56
- $0.30
- $0.16
- $0.36
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Soak the broad beans.
- Cut the zucchini, onion, tomato, and chestnuts to your liking. ≈ 8 min
- In a blender, combine the tomatoes, garlic, basil, salt, and olive oil with 1/4 litre of water. ≈ 4 min
- Add the blended mixture to the remaining ingredients, then season with salt and pepper to taste. ≈ 2 min
- Let the mixture simmer over low heat until all the ingredients are well combined and cooked through.
- Serve hot, with olive and tomato sauce, as desired. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Tender broad beans simmered with vegetables and chestnuts
- 1 kg of broad beans that have been soaked$15.17
- salt$0.04
- pepper$0.14
- olive$0.56
- tomato sauce$0.30
- 3 cloves of garlic$0.16
- A drizzle of olive oil$0.36
Total$16.73
that's $4.18 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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