NOUN
- bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
- small flat green bean similar to lima beans
How To Use butter bean In A Sentence
- Although chick peas are classic for hummus, any canned bean will convert into a delicious purée for dipping toasted pitta, flat bread or raw vegetables; my own favourite is made from butter beans.
- Serve with grilled lamb or pork chops, or add cooked butter beans or haricot beans or canellini beans for a vegetarian casserole. September recipe: Ratatouille
- In that case I would swap the butter beans for a smaller pulse, such as haricot beans. Nigel Slater's butter-bean tomatoes, baked pears with maple syrup and cinnamon cream recipes
- Feel free to use tinned butter beans or chickpeas if you like. The Sun
- The only recipe I'm thinking about now is a vegetarian cholent with butter beans, barley and onion in vegetable stock, topped with sliced potato. Making Light: Open thread 135
- Serve the lamb shredded over the butter bean purée on a large platter. Times, Sunday Times
- Similar in appearance to butter beans but smaller. Cooking with Beans and Pulses
- Add the cannellini and butter beans. The Sun
- It's as tiny as a butter bean and individuals appear to have been exquisitely enamelled by different artists.
