Tomato & Butter Bean Poached Eggs
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Total: 40-45 mins
Two types of tomato add richness to this bubbling dinner – fresh baby plum and tinned cherry toms make a saucy pair for poaching organic eggs, simmered with butter beans, spinach and smoky paprika, served over fluffy couscous.
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496 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 1 leek
  • 250g baby plum tomatoes
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 400g tin of butter beans
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 400g tinned cherry tomatoes
  • 75g wholewheat couscous
  • 100g baby leaf spinach
  • 4 eggs
From your kitchen
  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 200ml cold water
  • 150ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Deep frying pan with lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Baking tray (optional)
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Trim the roots and top 3cm off the leek. Halve it, rinse out any grit and finely slice the leek. Place a deep frying pan on a medium-low heat and add ½ tbsp olive oil and the leek. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and fry, stirring often, for 8 mins till starting to soften.

  • 2.

    While the leek fries, halve the baby plum tomatoes. Peel and finely chop or crush the garlic.

  • 3.

    Stir the baby plum tomatoes and garlic into the leek. Cook, stirring often, for 3-4 mins till the tomatoes start to soften and become pulpy.

  • 4.

    Drain the butter beans and rinse them with cold water. Add 2 tsp smoked paprika to the veg, then cook and stir for 2 mins.

  • 5.

    Stir in the beans and the tinned cherry tomatoes. Half-fill the tomato tin with 200ml water and add that. Stir to mix, then pop on a lid (or use a baking tray if you don’t have a lid). Simmer for 15-20 mins, stirring often, till the sauce has started to thicken.

  • 6.

    While the sauce simmers, Fill and boil your kettle. Tip the couscous into a heatproof bowl. Pour in 150ml boiling water, stir with a fork then cover the bowl with a plate. Set aside for 10 mins, till the couscous has soaked up all the water and become tender.

  • 7.

    Stir the baby leaf spinach into the beans. Crack in the eggs, pop the lid back on the pan and cook for 4-7 mins till the eggs are set as much as you like.

  • 8.

    Fluff the couscous up with a fork and divide it between 2 warm plates or bowls. Top with the beans and eggs and serve.

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