Easy runner bean recipes

Janine Ratcliffe

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Make the most of runner beans with our easy recipes, from warming curries to fresh salads and simple side dishes

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Looking for the best runner bean recipes? Want the best healthy salad or an easy vegan curry recipe? See our recipe ideas below to make the most of this seasonal vegetable.

For more inspiration see our best broad bean recipes, easy spring greens recipes, borlotti bean recipes and more vegetable side dishes.

Keralan runner bean curry

Try this new idea for a vegetarian curry using runner beans. These often-overlooked veggies make a tasty, spicy dish and work well with Indian spices and coconut milk.

Runner beans with tomato and black onion seeds

This recipe for runner beans with tomato and black onion seeds is vegan, low-cal and gluten-free, making it an easy, please-everyone side dish.

Blistered runner beans with bagna cauda

Revamp your runner beans this summer with our pan-fried recipe, matched with a fresh and zesty dip called bagna cauda.

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Runner beans with tomato, garlic and chilli

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