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# Entrepà de Botifarra amb Mongetes
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-botifarra-amb-mongetes/
- Published: 2026-05-17T07:00:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T11:38:33.000Z
- Description: Butifarra with white beans entrepà; classic combination.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: Spain, Submarine Sandwiches, Entrepà, #auto-imported

**🇪🇸 Spain** · Family: [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/) · Region: Catalonia · Heat: Grilled · Bread: barra · Proteins: pork

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Ingredients

barra · botifarra · beans

The *Entrepà de Botifarra amb Mongetes* is the Catalan grilled-sausage sandwich stretched with white beans, and it is a classic enough combination that it carries its own name rather than reading as a topping choice. *Botifarra* is the fresh, uncured Catalan pork sausage grilled to order; *mongetes* are white beans, traditionally the small Catalan *seca* type, cooked soft and then warmed in pork fat until they take on a glossy, savory coat. The angle is that this is the plated Catalan dish *botifarra amb mongetes* folded into bread: a sausage-and-bean pairing first, a sandwich second, with the beans doing as much work as the link.

The build runs in a clear order. The *botifarra* is grilled until the casing blisters and splits and the interior is just cooked and juicy. The cooked *mongetes* are sautéed in the rendered pork fat, sometimes with a little garlic, until they are coated and lightly browned at the edges rather than stewed to mush. A split crusty *barra* is opened, often with its cut face caught on the grill or rubbed with oil, the sausage laid in split or coiled, and the warm beans spooned along its length so they wedge into the gaps. Good execution means a charred, moist sausage, beans that hold their shape and carry the fat without turning to paste, and bread firm enough to hold a wetter filling than the plain version without collapsing. Sloppy execution is a dry or rubbery sausage, beans that are either bland and watery or cooked to a featureless smear, or a soft roll that goes sodden under the warm filling.

The dish shifts at the bean step more than anywhere else. Some cooks keep the *mongetes* almost plain so the *botifarra* leads; others push garlic and a deeper fry so the beans turn nutty and assertive. A smear of *all-i-oli* is a common addition, its sharp garlic edge cutting through both the fat of the sausage and the richness of the beans. The plain grilled-sausage version without beans is a leaner, simpler sandwich that deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. What defines this one is the bean: properly cooked *mongetes*, glossed in pork fat and kept intact, are what separate it from a sausage *entrepà* with a side served loose on the plate.

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## More from this family

Other [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/) sandwiches in Spain:

- [Entrepà d'Anxoves](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-danxoves/)
- [Entrepà de Botifarra](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-botifarra/)
- [Entrepà de Escalivada](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-escalivada/)
- [Entrepà de Fuet](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-fuet/)
- [Entrepà de Llonganissa](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-llonganissa/)
- [Entrepà de Pernil](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-pernil/)
- [Entrepà de Truita](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-truita/)
- [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa/)

[See all Entrepà sandwiches →](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/)