Best Turkish Green Bean Stew In 4 Steps

With the arrival of the summer season, green bean stew, which are consumed almost every week, are among the favorite dishes with their health effects. This flavor, which has benefits from the effect of facilitating digestion to eye health, even skin and hair health, is also frequently preferred for its ability to meet the increased need for folic acid and iron during pregnancy. You can prepare this summer vegetable, which you can separate the bones and cook all kinds of dishes after various stages, either with olive oil or meat.

I prepared it as green bean stew meat for those who want to eat mainly vegetables but cannot give up meat, but if you are a green bean stew vegetarian, do not worry, all you have to do is not use meat in the recipe. In fact, green beans are a delicious, filling and nutritious dish on their own. Since meat consumption is high among men, I preferred to make it with meat, but I am sure that most women will prefer to make it with olive oil. That’s what is reasonable anyway. If you are one of those who cannot give up meat and want to eat mainly vegetables like me, Turkish green bean stew recipe is for you.

How Do I Make Green Bean Stew?

Making green bean stew is quite simple. Perhaps the hardest part may be shelling the green beans. For the recipe, we start by putting our meat in our pot and roasting it until it absorbs its water. Then we add olive oil and continue to roast the onions until they turn pink.

After adding our green beans and adding the spices, close the lid and cook for 5 minutes. At the end of 5 minutes, open the lid, add tomatoes, peppers and half a tea glass of water and cook for half an hour (until the green beans are soft), covered again. Green bean stew with meat is ready to serve. The last thing you need to do is to enjoy this delicious dish.

What Can I Add To Green Beans For Flavor?

To add flavor to the green beans stew recipe, after adding the tomatoes, continue by adding salt, black pepper oregano, red pepper flakes and sugar. After adding the water to your beans, you can add aroma by adding garlic.

How Long Stew Green Beans?

You will need 10 minutes to prepare the Turkish green bean stew recipe ingredients. After preparing your ingredients, your meal will be cooked within half an hour. In total, you need to allocate 40 minutes for this meat and vegetable dish.

How Long Do You Boil Green Beans To Blanch Them?

In some dishes made with green beans, the beans must be boiled before use. Diet salad, green bean salad, green bean soup, green bean stew and roasted green beans are examples of these dishes. Shock blanching is also used to store green beans in the freezer. The boiling time varies according to the type of dish in which the green beans to be boiled will be used. If the green beans will be used for roasting or salad, they will be boiled for 25 minutes. If it will be used to make soup, it will be boiled for 20 minutes.

How Do You Make Green Beans Soft?

The easiest way to soften it is of course to cook it in a pressure cooker. However, not everyone may have a pressure cooker at home. In this case, to make soft green beans stew, we first wash, sort and chop our beans, put them in a pot and boil them with 1 cup of water, stirring occasionally, the color turns a little yellow.

In a separate place, saute the onion, garlic and pepper in oil, add the tomato paste and peeled and diced tomatoes, add the salt, add the beans and mix. Add the water and close the lid and cook for 30-40 minutes depending on the freshness of the beans. Our soft green bean dish is ready.

How Do You Preapre Fresh Green Beans?

The first detail you should pay attention to when starting any green beans stew recipe is to buy the freshest beans without bones. If they break easily and the inside appears to be a vibrant green color, you have made a good choice. At this stage, knowing the characteristics of green bean varieties will make your job easier:

• Bead beans are large-grained and short. They are cooked by cutting them in half. The beans can be mixed into the dish. It goes well with bean dishes with meat.
• Ayse kadin beans are small-grained and large. Its color is yellow. When cooking, it is necessary to divide it both in width and length. It is good for bean dishes with meat.
• Bush beans are not granular. It is soft and tall. It can also be cooked without dividing. It is a must for beans with olive oil.
• Sugar beans are grainless, short and thin. It can be cooked without dividing. The freshest ones can be eaten raw or steamed.

After choosing the beans, let’s take a look at the tricks that will make your work easier during the preparation phase for green benas stew:

• Tomatoes and onions go well with bean dishes. Choose the best ones and use them generously.
• If you are cooking beans in olive oil, use genuine extra virgin olive oil for the best results.
• Let the dish rest after cooking, the beans will taste better after a day.

After the details of the preparation phase, let’s take a look at the cooking times:

• String beans in olive oil, 100 min in the pot.
• Green beans stew without meat, 60 min in the pot.
• Roasted green beans, 25 min in the pot.
• Steamed sugar beans, 15 min in saucepan.
• Green beans stew with meat, 15 min in a classic pressure cooker.
• Meatless green beans stew, 10 min in a classic pressure cooker.

Should Green Beans Be Washed?

Wash your green beans thoroughly again in case any dirt remains on them during the cleaning process. After this washing process, dry your beans thoroughly with a paper towel or a clean cloth. Leave them between a dry cloth or paper towel for a while to make sure they are completely dry.

How Do You Clean Green Beans With Vinegar?

Firstly, sort and break the beans. After washing them well, soak them in vinegar water for 10 minutes. Remove them from the vinegar water, wash them again and drain the water.

Do You Have To Soak Green Beans Before Cooking?

Soaking the beans the night before cooking is also vital for beans, as it is for all other legumes. Thus, the beans swell well before cooking. As they gain a more spongy structure, the water and other ingredients of the dish penetrate the beans better during the cooking phase.

How Many Calories Is Green Bean Stew?

Turkish lamd and green bean stew contains 63 calories per 100 grams. 1 portion (250 g) of green beans with meat has 158 calories, 1 tablespoon (30 g) has 19 calories. 100 grams of green beans with meat contains 3 grams of carbohydrates, 4.15 grams of protein, 3.78 grams of fat, 1.96 grams of fiber.

Are you looking for more vegetable dishes? Then click on the links below to find my other vegetable recipes.

• Vegetable Stew Recipe
• Homemade Baked Beans
• Vegan Moussaka
• Vegetable Lasagna

We’ve had enough of the information in this section, now it’s time to prepare the green beans stew recipe and enjoy this delicious dish. If you’re ready, let’s go to the kitchen and start taking our notes.

Tips For Turkish Green Bean Stew

If you want to prepare this dish, which is an indispensable option for light tables set in summer, as green bean stew vegetarian, remove the meat from the ingredients. Other than that, there’s nothing else to make this dish perfect:

Choose Fresh Beans Well : The first detail to consider for a perfect green bean stew dish is the selection phase. Try to choose beans that have no bones, break easily and have a vibrant green color inside and out. If you buy a bean with these characteristics, you have made the right choice and your meal will be great.

Get To Know The Varieties : If you want to cook green beans perfectly, you should know which variety they belong to and act accordingly. For example, you need to cook Aisha woman’s beans by dividing them lengthwise and widthwise and mixing them with meat. If the variety is sugar beans, you can cook it without dividing it and enjoy it.

Remove The Tips : The ends of the beans are pointed like thorns. It is recommended to remove them by plucking or cutting them off with a knife. This way you can get stylish and more accurate results.

Utilize Additional Ingredients : The basic ingredients of green bean dish are onion and tomato; however, if you want to get more flavorful results, you can also use ingredients such as garlic and sugar cubes. You can get an aromatic flavor thanks to garlic and a sweet consistency thanks to sugar cubes, and you can make even those who do not like green beans love it thanks to these ingredients.

Choose the Best Olive Oil : If green beans are the most scrumptious of olive oil dishes, it is important to choose the right olive oil. Genuine extra virgin olive oil will make your work easier for more delicious results.

Rest The Green Bean Stew : Let’s talk about consumption! Like many dishes with olive oil, green beans need to be kept for a while. Keep in mind that if you consume the green beans after waiting for 1 day, you can get a more delicious result.

What Is The Best Way To Store Fresh Green Beans?

The best known and most practical way of storing green beans is in the freezer. Due to the increasing number of freezers in every household in recent years, it is now more common to store green beans in the freezer instead of canned green beans.

Storing green beans in the freezer using the shock method;

Step 1: First of all, wash the green beans well. Remove the ends and cut them into two or three pieces depending on the size of the beans. Put the beans you have divided into a large bowl. After sorting and dividing all the beans, wash them with plenty of water. Put them in a strainer and leave them for a while to drain the excess water.

Step 2: Put the beans in a large pot and add the peeled and diced tomato slices, as much salt as you like, a few spoons of olive oil and cover the pot. Roast over medium heat for about 5 – 10 minutes until the beans turn color. After roasting, let it stand in the open air, with the lid open, in a place like a balcony if possible, to cool down.

Step 3: Divide the cooled beans into refrigerator bags for one cooking time. Press lightly with your hand and let the air out of the bag. Close the bag tightly and tie a knot. Put them in the freezer.

When you want to cook it, you can take it directly into the pot without waiting for it to thaw and cook and serve it by adding onion, spices or vegetables of your choice.

Can I Freeze Raw Green Beans?

You can store raw beans in the freezer for this purpose;

Step 1: First, wash the green beans thoroughly and let the excess water drain off. Remove the ends of the beans and divide them into the number of pieces you want according to the size of the beans. Put the beans into a large bowl. After sorting and dividing all the beans, wash them with plenty of water. Put them in a strainer and leave them for a while to drain the excess water.

Step 2: Divide the washed and drained beans into refrigerator bags for one cooking. Press lightly with your hand over the bag and allow the air to escape from the bag. You can also use a straw to suck the air out of the bag using the vacuum method. After the air is completely removed, close the bag tightly and tie a knot. Put it in the freezer. That’s how simple it is : )

When you are going to cook it, you can take it directly into the pot without waiting for it to thaw and cook and serve it by adding onion, spices or minced meat if you wish.

How Do You Store Green Bean Stew In The Refrigerator?

You can store your leftover green bean stew in a sealed container in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

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