Cheesy Chile Crisp White Beans
Updated Nov. 19, 2024

- Total Time
- 25 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3fat garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 3scallions, thinly sliced, white and light green parts separated from dark greens
- 1tablespoon tomato paste
- 2teaspoons to 2 tablespoons chile crisp or chile paste, to taste
- 2(15-ounce) cans white beans, such as cannellini or Great Northern, drained and rinsed
- ½teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more to taste
- 8ounces sharp white Cheddar, grated (about 2 cups)
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 475 degrees. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high. Add garlic and white and light green scallion slices, reserving the dark greens for later. Cook until lightly golden, 1 to 3 minutes. Carefully stir in tomato paste and chile crisp, and cook for 1 minute.
- Step 2
Stir in the beans and salt. Taste mixture, adding more salt and chili crisp as needed (remember that the cheese will add saltiness, so don’t overdo the salt here). Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and browned in spots. If you’d like to toast the top further, run the skillet under the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes. Sprinkle with reserved scallion greens and serve.
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Comments
This is bananas tasty and fun to make. To avoid going to the shop in the rain I used chickpeas and Blackbeans, 2 tbsp homemade chilli crisp from yesterday and onion instead of scallions at the start, and broccoli to pretend I’m healthy. Following the comments added extra water, oil and tomato paste. Served with corn tortillas, salsa and guacamole. Bliss.
Love all the cheesy bean bakes but this is the best so far. I didn’t add salt as I do try to watch my sodium and there’s salt not only in the cheese but in the canned beans. If you are used to a higher salt diet you may want to stick with the added salt. Which brings me to my other small change: one can each of navy beans and black beans. I normally use dried beans but was hot to make this ASAP. No regrets!
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Added leftover beef brisket to the onion saute. So good!
Absolutely Delicious! Halved the recipe & served with rice & salad. Used low salt white beans, rinsed & only added a pinch of Kosher salt. Will up the chili crisp.
