I need a recipe that involves runner beans

[GinAndOnIt]

Because I have a mountain of them from the garden that I can't cook quick enough.

I also have a broken oven, so needs to be something I can cook on the hob.

I had broad beans coming out of my ears last week which I made a chorizo stew out of, and a stir fry. I've run out of ideas for the runner beans now.

Any ideas?

[PleaseGetOffTheTableDarling]

Chutney?

[GinAndOnIt]

Hmm I could do, I already have a good few jars of chutney but not from beans. Have you got a good recipe?

[LineyReborn]

I've blanched and frozen mine. I like them in salads with vinaigrette.

[DoubleCarrick]

Mmm i love bean chutney. No recipe though, I'm afraid

[Starman16]

I like this side dish:

www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/view/recipe/middle-eastern-style-runner-beans

[GinAndOnIt]

That could work starman - I've got tomatoes that need eating up too

[ChickyDuck]

Habas con Jamon is a delicious dish of broad beans with cured ham. There is a reciper here: www.food.com/recipe/habas-con-jamon-beans-and-ham-409085 although I can't comment how good it is, I normally just do it without a recipe, adding bits and bobs till it tastes right!

[FlukeSkyeRunner]

Runner beans are surprisingly good in a curry.

[Sgtmajormummy]

Pasta, pesto, cubed potatoes and runner beans (cut into diamond shapes along the pod). Everything boiled in the same pot according to cooking times. Very carby but delicious, especially cooled in summertime.

Maybe a bit of grilled white fish as your protein?

The traditional recipe calls for French beans, but I could just imagine it with fresh white runner bean fruit peeping out of the cut pod...
Lucky you!

[Sgtmajormummy]

Here's a chatty gardener (who makes fresh pesto ) giving the recipe with green beans the italian dish

[GinAndOnIt]

Sgt my mouth is watering at the photos on that post, I'm definitely going to try that, especially as DP is pesto mad.

The reality is though, I could probably make every single recipe on this thread so far with the amount of beans I have!

[DoreenLethal]

I love this recipe, in fact it is the reason I grow runners and when I get back from my hols at the weekend, I will no doubt have loads to make this from.

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/spicy-recipes/spiced-pickled-runner-beans

[Abrahamkin]

I add them to anything green . Green curry or pasta with pesto. Also wrap some bacon around a couple and put in the oven as a side.

[clayspaniel]

A lovely lunch with runner beans is bacon and beans, Slice the beans into diamonds and boil; fry chopped bacon then toss the beans in with it.

[ChickyDuck]

Oh runner beans! Excuse my broad faux pas, I must have been half asleep

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

They're extremely good roasted...

[GinAndOnIt]

Okay, the middle-eastern side dish is on the hob as we speak and smells bloody delicious. I've got some left over curry in the fridge so I'll have it with that for lunch.

My basil is looking a bit sorry for itself so MIL is bringing some over later so I can make the pesto dish.

I have some bacon in the fridge too, but think I might be sick of beans by the end of the day if I make anything else just now

[GinAndOnIt]

Chicky it's probably because I mentioned broad beans in a PP! The broad beans seem to be past their best now so probably won't make anything hugely tasty with them now.

Lady sadly can't roast anything at the moment as oven is out of action :(

[bookbook]

I did risotto the other day with runner beans, along with broad beans, french beans and spinach.
And I freeze all the spare - I don"t blanch , just chop them up and open freeze, then bag them up

[4merlyknownasSHD]

If you run out of freezer space, try salting them as they used to before freezers. My father did some about 10 years ago and they kept really well. Use large Kilner jars. They were really tasty when we ate them several months later.

[4merlyknownasSHD]

Here is the method for salting beans.

[Sgtmajormummy]

I bought some runner beans in Lidl yesterday (not a patch on the OP's, I'm sure) and made half in a risotto and the other half with onions, garlic and chopped tomatoes, with a few green olives thrown in for good measure.

Both were appreciated, even by greenery-shy DD.
Hooray for seasonal veg!

[Reindeerlily]

Just bin them and go the chippy

[Chrisinthemorning]

Gordon Ramsay goats cheese and runner bean penne?

[GinAndOnIt]

Reindeer , that's exactly what I did on Tuesday when the oven originally gave up the ghost! It is now fixed though, mixed emotions ;)

I've managed to demolish all that I'd picked thanks to you lot, so will pick some more tomorrow. I fancy trying that goats cheese recipe Chris

The middle eastern side dish was so moreish I ended up having it for supper and snacks :) and the pesto recipe has nearly all gone, apart from a portion for DP tonight when he gets home from work if he hasn't already been fed.