Recipe Roundup

19 Fava Bean Recipes That Are Ready For Spring

Long hours of shelling. Limited availability. Bad Anthony Hopkins impersonations. Fava beans come with baggage—most of it unfair. Here are 19 easy recipes to bring favas into your spring cooking repertoire.
One of the best cucumber recipes is this tasty flatbread with Fava beans cucumbers and burrata.
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  • Christopher Baker
    5/19

    Spring Vegetable Risotto with Poached Egg

    To win at this seemingly scary dish, poach your eggs after you prepare the beans and before you cook the risotto. With everything else out of the way, you’ll be able to concentrate on stirring constantly—the key to a creamy risotto.

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  • Photo by John Kernick
    6/19

    Fava Beans with Red Onion and Mint

    To preserve a fava beans' vibrant green color, cook them in unsalted water and with a little olive oil.

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  • Photo by Marcus Nilsson
    7/19

    Rice Salad With Fava Beans and Pistachios

    Not your ordinary side of rice. Two types means more textures to layer with crunchy nuts and tender beans.

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  • Photo by Stephen Hamilton
    8/19

    Fava Bean, Radish, and Corn Salad

    Any side dish or salad that includes corn is pretty, but fava beans and striking-looking breakfast radishes—with their elongated shape, rosy red color, and creamy-looking root ends—make this dish more appealing and appetizing than most.

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  • John Kernick
    13/19

    Shrimp And Fava Beans

    The gentle butter poaching method for the shrimp yields tender, succulent meat that contrasts beautifully with the spring fava bean.

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  • Photo by Jennifer Causey
    14/19

    Spring Vegetable Risotto

    This risotto is dotted with beautiful green spring vegetables and makes a lovely vegetarian lunch or dinner. Delicious with a roasted beet and arugula salad, it's simple to make. There is no arduous stirring; the rice cooker takes care of everything.

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  • Photo by Andy Sewell
    15/19

    Quinoa Solterito

    In Peru, Quinoa is one of the most nutritious grains cultivated by our ancestors, which we are once again sharing with the world.

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  • Christina Holmes
    16/19

    Green Minestrone

    Adding the veggies in phases, from longest cooking first to fastest last, guarantees the ideal texture for each.

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