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miso brothy beans with greens

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5 from 2 reviews

Barely adapted from Erin Alderson. 

Ingredients

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  • 2–3 tablespoons butter or olive oil (Erin recommends butter)
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic (about 2–3 cloves, minced)
  • 3–4 scallions, sliced (about 1/3 cup)
  • 5–6 cups shredded lacinato kale or other hardy greens of your choice (chard or collards would work beautifully)
  • 1 ½ cups bean broth from below (or chicken or vegetable stock), divided, plus more as needed to thin
  • 3 cups cooked white beans (from about 8 ounces dried beans; lima, Great Northern, cannellini all work well), with broth drained and reserved
  • 2 tablespoons white miso paste, to taste
  • Black pepper, to taste
  • Toast, for serving

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil or butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Add the garlic and scallions, and sauté briefly, about 30 seconds, until fragrant.  Add the kale and cook, stirring, for about a minute, until it begins to wilt; add about ½ cup bean broth (or stock) and continue to cook until tender to your liking.
  2. Add the cooked white beans and remaining 1 cup broth (or stock).  Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the broth has thickened just a bit and gives a nice, silky coat to the beans and kale, but is still brothy.  If needed, add more broth or stock to thin to your liking.  
  3. Add the miso, and stir until the miso paste is dissolved.  (You may want to start with one tablespoon and work your way up–I tend to like more.)  Serve immediately, with generous black pepper on top and toasted bread on the side if desired.  

Notes

I tend to use an Instant Pot to cook the beans for ease, but you can cook them any way you prefer.  Here’s a nice way to cook them on either stovetop or in a pressure cooker.  (For this recipe, I would saute onions and garlic with the beans and skip the sage and bay leaves.)

This is easily doubled.  Leftovers freeze beautifully–I like it in 1-cup portions.

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