Soups and stews
ChefLoubna Fawaz
Green Bean Stew
A favorite winter dish — a flavorful, healthy green bean stew. Serve with radishes and green onions for stronger, balanced flavors.
Green beans are very nutritious and especially comforting in cold weather!
Ingredients
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- Half a kilo fresh green beans (in pods)
- 1 large cup ground beef or beef pieces, according to preference and availability
- 1 dry onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 5 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 tbsp dried coriander
- A pinch of salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp red pepper molasses (dibs) — optional, to taste
- Water
Method
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- Wash the green beans and boil them for about 30 minutes or until nearly tender with a stick of cinnamon.Timers: 30 min
- Remove the beans from the heat, place them in a colander to drain the cooking water, and set aside...
- Start by frying the dried onion a little until it browns slightly, then add the garlic and chopped fresh coriander.
- Add the meat and sauté it well with the onions, garlic, and coriander.
- Add the tomatoes after peeling and chopping them.
- Add salt, black pepper, dried coriander, and any other spices you like...
- At this stage, add about 3 cups of water with two tablespoons of tomato paste or tomato purée and pepper molasses, and let the mixture simmer on low heat until the stew sauce thickens.
- Add the boiled beans to the stew mixture...
- Leave the mixture on low heat for about 15 additional minutes or until the beans are properly cooked...
- Serve the green bean stew alongside Egyptian rice cooked with vermicelli
- We hope you like it
Recipe tags
Soups and stewsInternationalDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg free
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