How to Make Easy Pizza Beans (Plant-Based Recipe)
Make Pizza Beans for a hearty and comforting one-pot meal that's vegan, gluten-free, and full of rich tomato flavor. It comes together in 20 minutes with super simple ingredients!
Servings: 5 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 24 ounces cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp red chili flakes
- 2 tbsp double concentrated tomato paste
- 2 15 ounce cans of butter beans or other white bean of choice, drained and rinsed
- 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 1/2 tsp salt more to taste
- handful vegan mozzarella cheese to top
- optional
- more fresh basil to garnish
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 475F degrees.
- In an oven-safe pan or skillet, heat olive oil to a sizzle and add cherry tomatoes. Cook for about 4-5 minutes, using a spatula to turn occasionally, or shaking the pan. The tomatoes should start to wrinkle.
- At this point you should be able to start to crush your tomatoes with ease. Use your spatula to break it down until nice and jammy then add garlic, chili flakes and oregano, if using, and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Stir in your tomato paste.
- Add your beans and basil to the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes on low heat, using your spatula to make sure everything is nice and coated. Add salt to taste.
- Finish with vegan cheese to top and place in the oven to melt down the cheese. It may help to cover the pan in the oven to steam as vegan cheese can be trickier to melt down.
- Garnish with fresh basil and enjoy by the spoonful or serve with crusty bread of choice.
Notes
Secrets to Success
- You can use all red cherry tomatoes or a mixture of colors. We’re making our tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes so there’s no need for a jar of marinara sauce or pizza sauce, though these make good substitutes if you don’t want to make homemade sauce.
- Use your favorite vegan mozzarella that melts well. I used Parmela Creamery vegan mozzarella shreds. You can also add vegan parmesan cheese here too.
- You can use any kind of white beans that you like such as cannellini beans, great northern beans, navy beans, or white kidney beans.