CRISPY WHITE BEANS

Crispy White Beans image

Number Of Ingredients 2

2 cans white beans
1 pinch salt

Steps:

First, rinse your beans in a strainer. Tip them onto a clean dish towel and bring the edges up over the top to pat them dry. Really dry. (Let them air dry a bit if you have time and it isn't a hangry meltdown emergency.) Then pick them up in the towel and tip the beans onto an unlined, rimmed baking sheet. Crank your oven to 425°F and let it really get there.
Toss your beans in some olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add a couple of crushed garlic cloves if you want, or some crushed red pepper flakes, or a few sprigs of fresh rosemary, oregano, or thyme, or some lemon zest, or all of the above.
Then pop the pan in the oven and roast, stirring once halfway through, until the beans are golden-brown and crisp, about half an hour. And that's it.
Now, scatter your crispy white beans over roasted vegetables or a salad, eat them with a roast chicken, or however your heart desires. But don't leave them out on the counter in a high-traffic area-each person who walks by will grab a bean or two, and then keep coming back for more-and that's how I almost didn't have enough crispy white beans left to put in front of the camera for the photo you see above.