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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: July 6^th 2011

For 4 people, you will need:

0 500 g green beans
1 2 spring onions (scallions)
2 3 tomatoes
3 2 tablespoons butter
4 150 g small pieces of bacon
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 1,231 grams

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1 hour 11 min.	27 min.	1 hour 38 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Green beans with tomatoes : Photo of step #1

Prepare and wash 500 g green beans, then cut into short lengths.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Green beans with tomatoes : Photo of step #2

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the beans quickly, just 5 minutes from the time the water comes back to the boil.

Cool under cold water, then drain.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Green beans with tomatoes : Photo of step #3

Prepare 2 spring onions (scallions) and chop.

Stage 4 - 40 min.

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Prepare 3 tomatoes.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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

Stage 7 - 3 min.

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

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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Add the tomatoes, salt lightly and cover.

Stage 9 - 15 min.

Green beans with tomatoes : Photo of step #9

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,451 Kcal or 6,075 Kj	32 gr	70 gr	116 gr
73 %	12 %	7 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
118 Kcal or 494 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	9 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
363 Kcal or 1,520 Kj	8 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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.72 €
Per person : 1.18 €

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Source

One of Nanou's recipes.

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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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