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Easy Turkey White Bean Stew with Greens
Creamy and decadent, this is the perfect comfort dinner for the colder weeknights. Simmer British turkey in a flavourful broth, rich with garlic, ginger, cumin and chilli flakes. Plenty of veg add substance and colour. Cannellini beans make the cassoulet even creamier!
High protein
2/3 daily fibre
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 300g British turkey breast mince
- 1 leek
- 1 carrot
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 onion
- 11g chicken stock powder (Rice Flour, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Potato Starch, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Chicken Meat Powder (Cooked Chicken Meat, Antioxidant: Extracts of Rosemary), Rapeseed Oil.)
- 3 garlic clove
- 460g cannellini beans (cannellini beans, water, salt)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 80g sliced cavolo nero
Nutritional Information
Calories: 625
Protein: 53g
Carbs: 53g
Fat: 20g
Ingredients
- 3 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley (use half)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée (use half)
- 1 leek (use half)
- 150g British turkey mince
- 1 tsp ground cumin (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes (use half)
- 80g sliced cavolo nero (use half)
- 11g chicken stock powder (use half) (Rice Flour, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Potato Starch, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Chicken Meat Powder (Cooked Chicken Meat, Antioxidant: Extracts of Rosemary), Rapeseed Oil.)
- 460g cannellini beans (cannellini beans, water, salt)
- 1 carrot (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 766
Protein: 67g
Carbs: 82g
Fat: 14g
Easy Turkey White Bean Stew with Greens
Creamy and decadent, this is the perfect comfort dinner for the colder weeknights. Simmer British turkey in a flavourful broth, rich with garlic, ginger, cumin and chilli flakes. Plenty of veg add substance and colour. Cannellini beans make the cassoulet even creamier!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Boil a half-full kettle
- Pull out a grater, a sieve & a large frying pan and masher
Prep the veg
- Thinly slice the leek into 1cm half moons
- Cut the carrot into 1/2 cm thick half moons
- Finely dice the onion
- Finely chop or crush the garlic
- Remove the large stalks from the cavolo nero
Get the cassoulet going
- Heat a large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on high heat
- Once hot, add the turkey mince, carrot, onion, leek and cook for 5-7 mins, until the veg is soft and the turkey is browning
- Add the ginger and garlic, cumin, chilli flakes and tomato paste. Then, add one full can of beans (with it's liquid) to the pan
- Drain and rinse the other tin of beans, and gently mash
- Add the mashed beans to the pan
- Add the stock and top up with 200ml of water (100ml for 1 person) and simmer for 10 mins, until thickened lightly
- Season generously with salt and pepper
Add the cavolo nero
- Add the cavolo nero in the final 5 mins, and cook until soft
- Finely chop the parsley and stir through in the final minute, and squeeze in the juice of half the lemon (or to taste)
Plate up
- Serve the turkey cassoulet in bowls with the remaining lemon cut into wedges and drizzle over 1 tbsp olive oil
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