Haddock, Butter Bean & Sweet Potato Braise
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Total: 20 mins
A bubbling stew of creamy butter beans and soft chunks of sweet potato simmered in a garlicky, Spanish spiced cherry tomato passata sauce topped with flaky fillets of sustainably caught haddock.
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567 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 400g tin of butter beans
  • 1 heaped tbsp Spanish seasoning
  • 330ml cherry tomato passata
  • 2 haddock fillets
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 150ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Large frying pan with lid
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Measuring jug
  • Baking tray (optional)
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Fill and boil your kettle. Peel and thinly slice the red onion. Place a large frying pan on a medium heat for 1 min, then pour in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add the onion and fry for 4-5 mins, stirring occasionally, till just softened.

  • 2.

    While the onion fries, peel and grate or crush the garlic. Peel the sweet potato and chop into 1cmthick chunks. Drain and rinse the butter beans.

  • 3.

    Add the garlic and 1 heaped tbsp Spanish seasoning to the onion and stir for 1 min, then add the sweet potato to the pan with the cherry tomato passata. Tip in the butter beans and add a good pinch of salt and pepper. Pour in 150ml hot water from the kettle. Bring up to a bubble then cover with a lid (or use a baking tray to cover the pan if you don't have a lid) and simmer on a medium-low heat for 5 mins.

  • 4.

    After 5 mins, lay the haddock on top of the simmering stew. Pop the lid or tray back on and simmer for 5 mins. This will steam cook the fish.

  • 5.

    Check the fish is cooked by lightly pressing the thickest part of the fillet with the back of a fork. It should flake easily and be opaque. Cook for a little longer if you need to.

  • 6.

    Lift the fish out of the pan and onto 2 warm plates. Taste the stew and add more salt or pepper if you need to. Spoon the stew onto the plates of fish and drizzle ½ tbsp olive oil over each. Crack over some black pepper to serve.

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