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 6th 2011
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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Time required
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 11 min. | 27 min. | 1 hour 38 min. |
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.At what time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Prepare and wash 500 g green beans, then cut into short lengths.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
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.
Cool under cold water, then drain.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Prepare 2 spring onions (scallions) and chop.
Stage 5 - 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 6 - 5 min.
Add 150 g small pieces of bacon, mix well and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Stage 7 - 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 8 - 3 min.
Add the tomatoes, salt lightly and cover.
Stage 9 - 15 min.
Leave to cook for fifteen minutes on low heat until the tomatoes have broken down into a sauce.
Check seasoning.
Check seasoning.
Remarks
All the proportions are simply for guidance, so you van vary them according to what you have to hand.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 4.72 €
- Per person : 1.18 €
Source
One of Nanou's recipes.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Minestrone, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Macédoine of vegetables, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, ... All |
| Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti Carbonara, Crispy spinach rolls, Aperitif rolls, Rabbit with mustard, Small cheese and bacon rolls , ... All |
| Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and Avocado Salad, Bread with Tomato , Paella, Tomato tart, Mixed salad stack, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dublin fruit scones, Breton sablé biscuit dough, Beurre d'escargot, Caribbean upside-down cake, Plain cake, ... All |
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