A delicious quick skillet pasta and beans, which can be made with dried beans to be cooked in advance after at least 12 hours of soaking or with pre-cooked beans. I usually prepare the beans cooked in a clay pot, just like chickpeas, I prepare them in advance in quantities and then freeze them portioned for each need, here is the recipe for cooked dried beans. If you are in a hurry and don’t have time to prepare the beans in advance, you can use pre-cooked ones and it still makes a delicious dish. Sometimes it happens to me as well to run out of stock and crave a good pasta and beans at the last minute, and even with pre-cooked ones it turns out delicious, even using very few ingredients as I did this time, so let’s see what we need.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for Skillet Pasta and Beans
- 5.3 oz ditalini
- 1 cup canned cannellini beans
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- to taste pepper or chili powder
- to taste salt
Tools to Prepare Quick Skillet Pasta with Beans
- 1 Skillet
- 1 Cooking Spatula
- 1 Lid
Steps to Prepare Quick Skillet Pasta with Cannellini Beans
In a skillet, add the oil and crushed garlic. Let it flavor for a moment and add the pre-cooked beans. Let it flavor for a few minutes, then add 2 cups of hot water and bring to a boil.
Add a pinch of salt and tomato paste to the aluminum skillet.
When the water boils, cook the pasta until al dente. During cooking, add ground black pepper or, if you like, spicy chili powder. If you have a piece of Parmesan rind, add a small piece, it will give a nice taste.
At the end of cooking, it should have just a little broth at the bottom, so as you cook, adjust if you need to add more hot water or keep the flame higher to dry it more, and for this purpose, remove the lid used for cooking over medium heat.
Leave it for a couple of minutes off the heat in the skillet, add parsley and then serve our delicious quick skillet pasta with beans.
Great to enjoy in any season, wonderful hot in cold days, also great cold when it’s hot, it can be enriched with other ingredients to make it even richer, like sausage, shrimp depending on the season.
