Dinner

Cod with Chorizo and Butter Beans

Name: Cod with Chorizo and Butter Beans
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 180 g Cod fillet; 25 g Chorizo; 180 g Butter beans, tinned and drained; 150 g Cherry tomatoes; 60 g Onion; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 5 g Olive oil; Half a teaspoon Smoked paprika; A handful, chopped Fresh parsley

Cod poached on top of butter beans and burst cherry tomatoes cooked in a little chorizo fat. 51 g of protein for 487 kcal.

Calories: 487kcal
Protein: 51g
Fat: 13g
Carbs: 39g

Per serving, makes 1. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish

Some chorizo contains milk protein. Check the label.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Cod fillet180 g
Weighed raw, skin on unless the method says otherwise. Cooked weight is roughly 20% less for the same fillet.
Chorizo25 g
Twenty-five grams is a few thin slices. It is there for the fat and the paprika, not as the meat. As sold. This is where the fat in the dish is.
Butter beans, tinned and drained180 g
Drained weight.
Cherry tomatoes150 g
Onion60 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Olive oil5 g
Smoked paprikaHalf a teaspoon
Fresh parsleyA handful, chopped

Method

Fry the diced chorizo in a wide pan for two minutes until its fat runs orange, then lift it out with a slotted spoon.
Add the oil and the chopped onion to the pan and cook for six minutes, then the garlic and paprika for one more.
Tip in the tomatoes and cook for five minutes until they split and slump, pressing a few with the back of a spoon.
Add the beans and the chorizo with a splash of water, season, and nestle the cod on top. Cover and cook for eight to ten minutes until the fish flakes.
Scatter with parsley and eat from the pan.

Worth knowing

The chorizo is where the fat comes from and it is only 13 g on the plate. Cod itself is almost none.
Cod fillets vary in thickness. A thin tail piece is done in six minutes; a thick loin needs the full ten.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.