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Cheesy Pizza Beans

30 min552 kcal each

Chicken Italian sausage and smashed cannellini beans simmered in marinara with oregano and spinach, then grilled under bubbling mozzarella. All the pizza flavour, none of the dough.

ItalianMainHigh-Protein

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Ingredients

for 4 servings
  • Olive oil1 tbsp
  • Onion1 piece
  • Chicken Italian sausage, raw454 g
  • Garlic3 clove
  • Cannellini beans, canned, drained2 can
  • Marinara sauce680 g
  • Dried oregano1 tbsp
  • Chili flakes½ tsp
  • Parmesan, finely grated50 g
  • Baby spinach2 handful
  • Mozzarella, grated85 g
  • Fresh basil1 handful

Method

Prep 10 min · cook 20 min
  1. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pan over medium heat and soften the onion for about 5 minutes.
  2. Add the sausage, breaking it up with a potato masher, and cook until almost no pink remains; stir in the garlic for a minute.
  3. Add the beans, marinara, oregano and chili flakes and mash some of the beans to thicken the sauce.
  4. Stir in the Parmesan, then the spinach until wilted.
  5. Scatter over the mozzarella and grill on the second shelf for 4–6 minutes until golden and bubbling; top with basil.
  6. Keeps 4 days in the fridge or 3 months frozen. Reheat covered at 180 °C for 15 minutes or microwave 2 minutes.

Nutrition

per serving
Cal
552
Protein
42g
Carbs
45g
Fat
23g

Of 23g of fat per serving, 7.3g is saturated.