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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).

141 K 1× 4.4/5 (30 reviews)

1 hour 35 min. difficulté

Easy

4.75 €

2 people

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

For 2 people, you will need:

1 250 ml green beans
2 1 spring onion (scallion)
3 2 tomato
4 1 tablespoon butter
5 75 ml small pieces of bacon
6 salt
7 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 1 hour 15 min.

Cooking: 25 min.

All in all: 1 hour 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 250 ml green beans, cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 spring onion (scallion) and chop.

Stage 3 - 40 min.

Prepare 2 tomato.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large pan, then add the chopped onions, salt and pepper. Cook while stirring for 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Add 75 ml 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=7 %	40 RDI=4 %	60 RDI=9 %	730 RDI=40 %	3,040 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	6 RDI=1 %	9 RDI=1 %	120 RDI=6 %	490 RDI: 6 %
Per person	8 RDI=3 %	20 RDI=2 %	30 RDI=4 %	360 RDI=20 %	1,520 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 2.40 €
Per person : 1.20 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

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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