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Beans with tomatoes

Name: Beans with tomatoes
Prep time: 1 h 8 min
Cook time: 47 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 tomatoes; 250 g white beans; 250 g cooked chicken; 1 shallot; 2 tablespoons olive oil; parsley; salt; pepper

Fresh white haricot beans and leftover chicken cooked with stewed tomatoes, a sprig of parsley and it's ready.

213 K 4.2/5 (27 reviews)

1 hour 55 min. difficulté

Easy

5.10 €

4 people

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 4 people, you will need:

1 6 tomatoes
2 250 g white beans
3 250 g cooked chicken
4 1 shallot
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 parsley
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,155 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 1 hour 8 min.

Cooking: 50 min.

All in all: 1 hour 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 40 min.

Prepare 6 tomatoes.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Peel 250 g white beans.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Cut 250 g cooked chicken in small pieces.

Peel, wash and mince 1 shallot.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

In a pan on medium fire, pour 2 tablespoons olive oil and when it's hot add minced shallot, salt and pepper.

Make cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add peeled tomatoes, salt again and slow fire.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

Make cook slowly, stiring from time to time, covered, until tomatoes are soft.

Note: We leave pan covered to get more tomatoes juice, which will be absorbed by beans.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 20 min.

Add beans, stir and let cook until beans are soft (about 20 minutes).

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add chicken, stir well and let heat 5 more minutes.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

During this time, mince parsley.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 3 min.

At the last time add parsley to the mixture, check seasoning and serve.

Remarks

If you don't have chicken, replace it with small pieces of bacon or just leave it out.

If you use tinned (canned) beans, just add them at the same time as the chicken.

For this recipe all proportions can be varied, so don't hesitate to change them according to your taste or what you have available.

And to drink?

Try one of those great Cahors wines.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	980 RDI=380 %	110 RDI=10 %	350 RDI=50 %	1,110 RDI=60 %	4,640 RDI: 60 %
Per 100 g	80 RDI=30 %	9 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=5 %	100 RDI=5 %	400 RDI: 5 %
Per person	240 RDI=90 %	30 RDI=3 %	90 RDI=10 %	280 RDI=10 %	1,160 RDI: 10 %