Chimichurri White Beans & Toast

These Chimichurri White Beans & Toast are the perfect vegan side dish. The beans are tossed in herby chimichurri sauce and then marinated for 30 minutes – so they can absorb all of that tasty sauce. A baguette is sliced, buttered up and sprinkled with garlic powder & garlic salt. The slices are toasted until crispy and then served with the marinated beans.

Chimichurri Ingredients

• cilantro 
• parsley 
• garlic 
• red onion
• jalapeño 
• olive oil
• red wine vinegar
• pepper 

How to Make Chimichurri White Beans

The chimichurri is super simple to make. Grab all of your ingredients and either toss them into a food processor OR (for a more rustic feel) chop them by hand.

Add the chimichurri to a large bowl. Drain and rinse 2 cans of white beans and add them to the bowl with the chimichurri. Give it a stir and place them in the fridge. This will allow the beans to marinate in the sauce and absorb all of those tasty flavors. You can also let them marinate overnight!

Garlic Toast Ingredients

• baguette 
• vegan butter
• garlic powder
• garlic salt

How to Make Garlic Toast

Slice up the baguette – you can use ciabatta or french bread. Brush one side of each slice with vegan butter and sprinkle with garlic powder and garlic salt. The key to the BEST garlic toast is to go heavy handed on the garlic powder and SUPER light handed with the garlic salt. Just a tiny pinch is all you need.

Heat a griddle over medium-high heat and place the baguette slices butter-side down. Once they are nice and toasty, flip with tongs and brown the other side. Remove from the heat.

Serve

To serve, spoon white beans on the garlic toast – and that’s about it. You can either do the spooning yourself and make little crostinis, or you can leave the beans in the bowl and let everyone spoon their own.

The beans can be made a day ahead of time (for extra marinating time), but the garlic toast is best if made right before serving.

You are going to LOVE this super simple bean recipe.