Breakfast

Butter Beans with Cumin, Lemon and Boiled Eggs

Name: Butter Beans with Cumin, Lemon and Boiled Eggs
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 200 g Butter beans, tinned and drained; 2 large, about 110 g Egg; 80 g Tomato; 30 g Red onion; 8 g Olive oil; 1 clove, about 3 g Garlic; 1 teaspoon Ground cumin; Half a lemon Lemon juice; A handful, chopped Fresh parsley; To taste Salt

Warm butter beans mashed roughly with cumin, garlic, lemon and olive oil, topped with tomato, red onion and two boiled eggs. 27 g of protein for 440 kcal.

Calories: 440kcal
Protein: 27g
Fat: 20g
Carbs: 36g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Eggs

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Ingredients

Butter beans, tinned and drained200 g
Most of a tin, drained. Keep a spoonful of the liquid to loosen the mash. Drained weight.
Egg2 large, about 110 g
Tomato80 g
Red onion30 g
Olive oil8 g
Garlic1 clove, about 3 g
Ground cumin1 teaspoon
Lemon juiceHalf a lemon
Fresh parsleyA handful, chopped
SaltTo taste

Method

Boil the eggs for seven minutes, cool under the tap and peel.
Warm the beans in a small pan with the crushed garlic, cumin, half the oil and a splash of the tin liquid for five minutes, then crush about half of them with a fork so it is part mash, part whole beans. Season and add the lemon.
Spoon into a bowl, top with the diced tomato, onion and parsley, the quartered eggs and the rest of the oil.

Worth knowing

Modelled on ful medames, the Egyptian breakfast of stewed fava beans. Tinned butter beans get there in five minutes and the seasoning is the same.
Beans and eggs together give 27 g of protein with no meat or dairy, and the whole bowl is 440 kcal. The olive oil at the end is not optional; it is most of the flavour.

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