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Kielbasa With White Beans and Tomato

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Becky Luigart-Stayner
Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
Makes 4 servings.
Category
Beans
Meat
Course
Main Dish
Credit
Shauna Havey, Roy, Utah
Sources
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This Kielbasa With White Beans dish is delicious, quick, and easy. Made with meat and vegetables on the stove, it’s warm and comforting, too. Serve with crusty French bread to complete the meal.

If you don’t like spinach, take it out. If you want more beans or tomatoes, add them in! You can make this dish your own.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
1 turkey kielbasa sausage (16 ounces), sliced into coins
2 cans (15.5 ounces each) cannellini beans, with liquid
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 cups loosely packed fresh baby spinach
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, for topping

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large skillet or hot pot over medium-high heat. Add kielbasa and lightly brown on each side.
  2. Add beans, tomatoes, sugar, basil, and salt and pepper. Stir.
  3. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. Stir in spinach right before serving. Remove from heat. Pass Parmesan at the table.

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Comments

<span>Janice Cagan-Teuber</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 13:36
No onions? Carrots? Celery? Gotta have onions, at least.
<span>Sue In Socal</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 23:34
Agreed!
<span>Anonymous</span> Sun, 02/06/2022 - 16:41
Switch olive oil for the butter. Leave out sugar. Add 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar.
<span>Meg C</span> Fri, 01/31/2020 - 12:21
Has anyone tried adding garlic to this??
<span>Sue In Socal</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 23:35
I've made similar combinations and garlic is a must!
<span>Denise T</span> Tue, 01/28/2020 - 11:47
I've been making a dish like this for more years than I can remember. YUM! I usually use heartier greens such as kale or collards as I seldom buy spinach. My only change to to this recipe (since I have HB) is to use sodium free whenever possible. There is plenty in the sausage so I don't add extra. Salt free canned tomatoes can be found almost everywhere and last but not least, ALWAYS drain and rinse your canned beans, whether or not you're watching your salt intake. Rinsing helps to reduce the "noisy/odorous" results of eating beans for some folks. Enough of a reason for me!
<span>Walt</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 19:33
yes to collards and garlic - Cuban collard green soup ... enjoyed for years
<span>Steve B</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 06:29
you make it your way I'll make it my way
<span>Steve</span> Sat, 02/05/2022 - 09:20
And your way is?