Egyptian Green Beans In Tomato Sauce Recipes

GREEN BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly-salted water to a boil; stir in the green beans and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, and cook the green beans until just tender, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion, 1 clove of garlic, and parsley in the hot oil until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, wine vinegar, and cumin; bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 30 minutes to thicken the sauce. Transfer the sauce to a bowl.
• In a clean skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-low heat; cook and stir 1 clove of chopped garlic in the hot oil until fragrant beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Return the cooked green beans to the skillet; cook and stir to reheat the beans and coat them with oil. Pour the sauce over the beans and stir to coat. Serve hot.

EGYPTIAN GREEN BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In 3 qt saucepan, saute onion in olive oil until tender, about 5 minutes, over medium heat.
• Add minced garlic, stir & cook 30 seconds.
• Add green beans, turn heat to high and stir quickly for about 1 minute.
• Add tomato sauce and enough water to almost cover beans.
• Add parsley, cumin, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Cover pot and simmer on medium heat for about 25 minutes.
• If it seems too watery, cook uncovered for 10 minutes. There should be about 1/3 to 1/2 the amount of liquid you started with.

GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place green beans in a steamer basket. Place basket in a large saucepan over 1 in. of water; bring to a boil. Steam, covered, 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Transfer to a serving bowl., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Drizzle over beans.

GRECIAN GREEN BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the green beans in a pot, and mix in the lemon juice, onion, olive oil, tomatoes, tomato sauce, parsley, water, salt and pepper, and bay leaf. Cook 45 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened. Remove bay leaf before serving.

MIDDLE EASTERN GREEN BEANS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Begin cooking rice.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute onions about 5 minutes.
• Add green beans and saute about 8-10 minutes.
• Add garlic and saute 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, allspice and sugar and bring to boil. At this point if you feel the mixture is too dry you can add up to 1/4 cup of water.
• Cover and cook 15-20 minutes.
• Serve over warm rice with parsley sprinkled on top if desired.