How to Make Favorite Lebanese green beans stew

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Lebanese green beans stew is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lebanese green beans stew is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

While Lebanese stewed green beans are typically made with beef and served over rice pilaf, we also enjoy eating them as a vegetarian side dish topped with a dollop of plain yogurt or cucumber laban. The star of the dish is the rich tomato sauce seasoned with warm Lebanese spices including cinnamon. I haven't made this yet, but unlike other green bean dishes I've tried, this one includes potatoes. It also has a good quantity of cumin, which is one of my favourite spices.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lebanese green beans stew using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lebanese green beans stew:

1. Make ready 250 g green beans, cut into smaller pieces
2. Prepare 200 g meat cubes (beef or lamb or both)
3. Take 1 medium chopped onion
4. Make ready Salt
5. Get 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
6. Take Bay leaf and cinnamon stick
7. Prepare Oil to fry the meat
8. Prepare Water
9. Make ready Additional flavors
10. Prepare 1 chopped garlic clove
11. Get Small pinch of coriander
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon olive oil

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Instructions to make Lebanese green beans stew:

1. Start with frying the meat cubes with the bay leaf, the cinnamon stick, and half teaspoon of black pepper
2. DO NOT add the salt at this point. If you add salt the meat will release its water and dry out.
3. Cook the meat until brown, then add the green beans, the chopped onion, and the salt. Cover and cook on low heat for 20 minutes.
4. Check the beans after 10min and flip them a few times. But don’t mix with spoon because it will break the green beans 💔
5. After 20 min, add warm (not boiling) water. Cover again and let it simmer for 30 minutes.
6. Optional: fry the chopped coriander and garlic in a tablespoon of olive oil. (Those three ingredients together will release my favorite and the most amazing smell in the kitchen 😍😍😍)
7. Add the fried corianger and garlic to the green beans stew 5 minutes before you turn the heat off. Remove the bay leaf and cinnamon stick.
8. Serve with rice on the side and enjoy!

A simple, hearty green bean, tomato, and beef stew. I grew up eating Lebanese food. My grandmother used to have us over for dinner every Wednesday and she only made traditional Lebanese food. Only once can I remember that she made pizza but it was like no other pizza I had ever had. Green beans are cooked in olive oil, hence the title 'b'zeit' and stewed in a basic tomato sauce.

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