Chicken and cannellini beans is a delicious quick healthy meal. Ready in under an hour and served with rice this one pan meal will be a hit with your family!
This chicken and cannellini beans dish really is a fantastic budget family recipe and its got to be one of the easiest dinners I've ever made!
To prepare this healthy delicious feast all I used was frozen sweetcorn, chicken breasts a can of cannellini beans, chicken stock and some other basic store cupboard ingredients.
I used a tin of condensed chicken soup to make up the sauce - easy!
I know that this is one of those recipes I'm going to turn to time and time again because it’s so easy to prepare and when paired with some rice it’s totally filling.
Plus I think you’ll love the fact that it’s all cooked together in one pan because it’s faster to prepare and there’s less mess and washing up!
You could also choose to incorporate your rice into the one pan chicken and cannellini beans so that it cooks at the same time too.
I cook my rice separately as I generally use wholegrain basmati rice which can take longer than traditional rice and absorbs more liquid.
I like the dish to still be quite creamy, not stodgy!
The recipes makes enough for a family of 4 and any leftovers can be easily frozen too.
And, not only are cannellini beans remarkably cheap but they also come with a whole list of amazing health benefits :-
Why Cannellini Beans Are Good For You!
- They're high in protein
- High in fibre
- Low in calories
- They help to contributes towards a healthy heart.
- And they may help to prevent cancer!
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Chicken And Cannellini Beans Recipe
Substitute the cannellini beans with other types of beans (e.g. butter beans) if you wish too.
In my quest for keeping as many of my quick healthy recipes as low cost as I can, (like under £5 for 4 portions if possible) cannellini beans are remarkably cheap in my local supermarket.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Chicken And Cannellini Beans Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 500 g chicken breasts diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 tin condensed chicken soup
- 100 ml chicken stock
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- 115 g frozen sweetcorn
- 300 g can cannellini beans drained and rinsed
- Freshly ground salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pan.
- Add the chicken and diced onion and saute until the chicken is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute for about 20 seconds.
- Add the condensed chicken soup, chicken stock and thyme and stir everything well together.
- Bring mixture to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the sweetcorn and cannellini beans and allow to simmer for a further 10 minutes.
- Season to taste, stir in parsley and serve with rice.
Karly
Okay, this looks amazing. So quick and easy- a great recipe to have back pocket for busy weeknights!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Karly, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely one of those "go to" recipes for busy weeknights. So creamy and delicious tasting. 🙂
GiGi Eats
This looks like a BOMB way to use up leftovers! I mean, for everyone who's got LOADS of turkey laying around 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
That's a great idea to use leftover turkey up in this recipe instead of chicken. Thanks GiGi! 🙂
David @ Spiced
This looks like the perfect comfort food meal, Neil! And I love how creamy it looks. I second GiGi's idea of using leftover turkey here. I can see this being one excellent (and easy!) weeknight meal. We're all sick here in our house this week, and I'm thinking some good comfort food like this is in order! 🙂 Hope you and Lynne have a great week ahead! Also, OMD = awesome!!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Really sorry to hear that you're all sick in your house this week David. 🙁
Lynne and I hope that you all get better soon. Nothing worse that feeling ill at this time of year when it's cold and challenging enough as it is! If you were nearer I'd certainly be bringing you over a bowl of this recipe and a good malt!
I third that suggestion from GiGi too for using leftover turkey here. I never thought of that, that's what great about all the comments and suggestions people make here. There's just so many different ways to change-up a recipe! 🙂
Ben|Havocinthekitchen
Perfect comfort yet not overly heavy food, Neil. I bet lots of people are going to indulge themselves for the next few weeks; however, this simple combo of chicken and beans would be something that many peope will start craving in January;)
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ben, thanks so much for your comment and recipe rating! 😀
That was exactly what I was trying to do in bringing about this simple comforting recipe. So that people can have this in their back pocket for when we reach January and we all just need some decent comfort food and nothing too fancy.
Sheila
Thank you for this quick and easy meal. It's a life-saver plus my family enjoyed it. In fact, they keep bugging me to make another batch. Once again, thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Sheila, I'm so glad you and your family enjoyed the recipe! That's amazing that they are bugging you to make another batch. I love that! 😀