Kidney Bean Kievs

Kidney Bean Kievs

Finally caught up with all the backtracking! Conor is in exam season at the moment and since my exams aren’t for a good few weeks (it’s an odd thing we do this particular year) I’m doing the cooking for now.

The recipe here is very much a student recipe; kidney beans, bread, onions... all cheap student accessible food. Very suitable to make for having friends come around for a student budget but slightly more impressive dinner. I’m not sure how much of a ‘kiev’ it is persay, as I’ve only tasted a kiev maybe once in my life, but the idea is the same and it is delicious regardless. 

I used:

-        2 cans kidney beans, 1 can mixed beans (though it could well be done with just the kidney beans

-        ¼ leak                                                              - 1 onion

-        7-8 slices bread                                                - Flour

-        Oil                                                                    - 3 cloves garlic & some butter (for the garlic butter)

-        Spices and herbs: thyme, pepper, chilli pepper to taste

1. Make the garlic butter by mixing crushed garlic with butter.

2. Mash the beans with a potato masher (or fork) with some water. Add the finely chopped leak, onion, some oil (about 1/3 cup) and spices (to taste). Add breadcrumbs of about 3 slices bread. Add flour until no longer liquidy (but still sticky).

3. Breadcrumb the rest of the bread and add a little oil.

4. Take about 2 tablespoons of mixture and mould into a flatter elongated shape. Add a teaspoon or so garlic butter into the middle. Get another teaspoon of mixture or so and flatten, then mould atop the first shape (with the butter still in the middle). Once done, put into bowl with breadcrumbs and cover outer layer, which should be sticky so it’s easy enough.

5. Put into oven dish and cover with a little more oil (so breadcrumbs don’t burn). Cook at about 180° for 30mins. This part might be a bit more subjective as ovens in student houses tend to be terrible, so you may have to cook it longer at a higher temperature if you have such an oven.

 

We served it with some vegetable mixed rice.

I realise we started off following recipes and adjusting them and now we’re more so starting with an idea and trying to make our own recipe, but it’s really enjoyable.