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Smashed butter beans and avocado on sourdough toast.

Smashed Butter Bean Avocado Toast

  • Author: Jessie
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 3-4 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

This easy avocado toast gets an extra punch of protein from canned butter beans!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • 1 15-ounce can butter beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 4-6 slices sourdough bread or crusty bread
  • 2-3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 heaping Tablespoons chopped fresh chives, plus extra for garnish

Instructions

Make the avocado mixture:

Make the Toast:

Assemble:


Notes

This is a very loose recipe. Feel free to eyeball the exact ingredient amounts! Use more or less of any ingredient to suit your personal tastes. After a few tries, you'll be able to make these butter beans in your sleep. 

Add toppings! Add an egg (poached, over easy, sunny side up, scrambled) for extra protein. Add meat (crispy bacon, prosciutto, breakfast sausage) or cheese (crumbled goat cheese, feta, shaved parmesan) if you like. Garnish with toasted nuts (walnuts, pistachios, almonds, pepitas), red pepper flakes, flakey sea salt, honey or hot honey, cherry tomatoes, balsamic glaze, grilled corn, or lemony arugula.

Substitutions. Use cannellini beans or great northern beans in place of the butter beans. You can also use chickpeas (the texture just won't be quite as creamy). If you don't have time to pan-fry the bread, toast it in a regular toaster and spread each piece with a bit of butter before assembling these toasts. Use fresh basil or fresh parsley in place of some or all of the chives.

Keywords: brunch, protein, healthy