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Green beans with tomatoes

Cut green beans simmered with tomatoes and mixed with onions and lightly fried lardons (or small pieces of bacon).

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Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g green beans
2 2 spring onions (scallions)
3 3 tomatoes
4 2 tablespoons butter
5 150 g small pieces of bacon
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 1,231 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 500 g green beans, cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 2 spring onions (scallions) and chop.

Stage 3 - 40 min.

Prepare 3 tomatoes.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large pan, then add the chopped onions, salt and pepper. Cook while stirring for 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Add 150 g small pieces of bacon, mix well and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Add the drained beans and mix well. You will see that this soaks up all the fat in the bottom of the pan.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Add the tomatoes, salt lightly and cover.

Stage 8 - 15 min.

Leave to cook for fifteen minutes on low heat until the tomatoes have broken down into a sauce.

Check seasoning.

Remarks

All the proportions are simply for guidance, so you van vary them according to what you have to hand.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

One of Nanou's recipes.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,431 Kcal or 5,991 Kj	34 gr	70 gr	116 gr
72 %	13 %	7 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
116 Kcal or 486 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	9 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj	9 gr	17 gr	29 gr
18 %	3 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.72 €
Per person : 1.18 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Grandma's salad, Green beans "Napoléon", French bean salad with vinaigrette , Green bean purée, Minestrone, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dipping bread with cheese, Salad lyonnaise, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Lumberjack turnovers, Baby spinach salad, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cretan salad, Hamburgers, Ratatouille, Guacamole, Mixed salad stack, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nicholas's fish, Crêpes Suzette, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Eggs Benedict , Mackerel rillettes, ... All

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When I was a child, jh, my grandmother use to prepare green beans this way with garden tomatoes (i think plum tomatoes) she also use to add chunks of potatoes. Oh goodness, thanks for the memories. Your dish looks delicious:)
Posted by Louise july 6^th 2011 at 20:23 (n° 1)

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