String Beans Stew
1h
15m
162 kcal
Main, Starter
This veggie and string beans stew is a light but comforting summer dish. It's best served with whole-grain bread.
Ingredients
Servings:4
onion finely chopped | 1 |
|---|---|
garlic finely chopped | 2 cloves |
carrots grated | 2 medium |
vegetable broth use enough water to cover all ingredients | 5 cups |
string beans fresh or frozen; cleaned and sliced a little bit if they are large I used Dragon's tongue bush beans. Replace with some other variety of green beans | 1⁄2 kg |
potatoes diced | 2 medium |
tomato sauce 1 cup ~ ca. 200g | 200 g |
sweet paprika | 1 tsp |
chili(optional) | per taste |
salt or per taste | 1 tsp |
pepper per taste | |
fresh parsley chopped | 1 tbsp |
Steps
9 steps
1
Prepare onion, garlic and carrots
If you have a food processor, you can process onion, garlic and carrots. This way they will not be visible in the stew but they will give a nice flavor to it. If you don't have one, you can finely chop onion and garlic and grate the carrots.
2
Prepare string beans
If using fresh string beans, wash them and remove their ends. Chop them if they are too large.
3
Cook aromatics
Cook onion, garlic and carrot on medium heat for several minutes. You can use oil or add water a few tbsp at a time instead.
4
Add vegetable broth, potatoes and string beans. Turn the heat up until the water boils, then turn it back down to medium.
5
Add tomato sauce and mix it in. You might need to lower the heat a bit more because tomato sauce has a lower boiling point than water.
6
Add salt, sweet paprika, chili and any other spices you like.
7
Cook for about an hour or until the string beans are soft (depending on the variety you are using).
8
Just before you finish cooking, add some chopped fresh parsley. Add some pepper, and adjust seasoning per taste.
9
Serve with whole-grain bread.
Jun 18th 2022