This is a fast, one-pan stew built around leftover braised beef. White beans, onion and spices come together with the beef cooking liquid for something comforting but light, designed as a single-serve meal that turns meal prep into a proper dinner in minutes.
Category
Dinner
Servings
1
Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
5 minutes
This is a fast, one-pan stew built around leftover braised beef. White beans, onion and spices come together with the beef cooking liquid for something comforting but light, designed as a single-serve meal that turns meal prep into a proper dinner in minutes.
This recipe is built around my braised beef used for meal prep. So, if you don't have leftover beef go and make that first and then make this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- Sea salt and black pepper, to season
- 400g can white beans, rinsed and drained
- 125g pulled beef*
- Pinch chilli flakes
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 150ml cooking liquid from braised beef (or beef stock)
- 50g baby spinach
Directions
Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with salt and pepper, then cook for 2 minutes, until softened.
- Stir in the beef and butter beans, then the chilli and cumin. Cook for 1 minute until aromatic.
- Pour in the beef cooking liquid, stirring to deglaze the pan. Then add the spinach and mix in until just wilted. Remove from the heat and serve!
Recipe notes
Cook support
Use the Braised Beef recipe for this dish to help make meal prep quick and easy during the week, and the quantities can be easily increased for more serves (you may just stick with the 1 can of beans for 2 servings).
Substitutions
You could use cannellini or butter beans in this dish.
Storage
Store any leftovers in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 5 days
Serving ideas
You could add a slice of crusty bread to serve with this to mop up some of the juices, but it doesn’t need much else.
