This recipe doesn’t quite fit with the clean and simple theme for this week, but I simply love this dish. It is a good fall back in case one of my other recipies didn’t turn out as well as I planned.
Complex, variety of flavors, filling, while not adding a lot of calories or fat, you can eat this dish as a main course with some feta and bread or a side dish to a meat.
Therfore as you read, the next section
1. I am not a trained chef or nutritionist.
2. I am not a medical professional.
3. I am not a professional photographer.
Ingredients
1 lb Green Beans
1 medium red onion
1 medium potato
2 medium vine rippened tomatoes
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 cup bone broth
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground corriander
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
Preparation
- Wash green beans and trim ends, then cut into 1 to 2 inch pieces.
- Peal the onion and slice into thin moons.
- Wash the tomatoes and dice. You should get about 2 cups.
- Peal and mince the garlic.
- Measure the spices and mix in a small bowl.
Cooking
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat until shimmering, not smoking.
- Saute onion and garlic until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium and add potatoe. Continue to cook for about 3 minutes.
- Add green beans and mix until covered with oil.
- Add tomatoes, spices and bone broth. Brin to a simmer.
- Reduce heat and simmer (not boil) with a lid on for about 40 minutes.
Just a few notes …
When using fresh garlic, I always wonder how many cloves to mince to get a tablespoon or teaspoon. A trick I started doing was to place the clove in my measuring spoon before peeling and mincing to get an approximate idea about the size of the clove.
Growing up, green beans were made with bacon grease and onions. Of course, anything tases good with bacon grease! When I tried to start eating healthy, I had a hard time finding a green bean recipe I liked.
I adapted this recipe from one posted on the Olive Tomato. The main differences are that I reduced the amount of oil and added bone broth instead of water, plus I added spices. I’ve finally found my go to green bean recipe!