The green beans recipe with tomato It reminds me a lot of my mother, who always prepares them like this, unlike my mother-in-law who usually makes green beans with cooked potatoes and paprika. As they say, to taste colors.
The secret on this occasion is in the sauce, an Andalusian tomato fritá that we make to accompany the cooked green beans, in which an extra flavoras well as a characteristic texture.
These two ways to cook green beans, along with the butter green beans recipe, are my three favorite ways to eat these legumes that we normally use as a vegetable or vegetable.
The longest task is to prepare the tomato sauce or fry, which you can see explained in the link, in great detail and many photos. If you prefer, you can make a traditional tomato sauce or even, although I do not recommend it, use a canned tomato sauceas long as it is quality.
We chop well onion, pepper and tomatoes and cook them over low heat in a frying pan with a little extra virgin olive oil. We are interested in a very thick sauce, so we will let it reduce for an hour so that the liquid evaporates well.
When we have everything well fried over low heat, we we crush with the potato masher -never with a mixer that introduces a lot of air and leaves the tomato orange-, adjust the salt and sugar (if we see that it is acidic) and set aside.
We cook the green beans after removing the tips and cutting them into small pieces. In a saucepan with plenty of water and a handful of salt, we cook them for approximately 12 minutes, testing that they are ready, or slightly al dente.
When they are almost ready, we drain them well and transfer them to the pan where we have the tomato and We let them cook inside the fry for two or three minutes.thus finishing cooking inside the sauce.
What to serve with green beans and tomato
The Green Beans With Tomato They are an excellent first course that you can serve with a main course, like the juicy turkey breasts with a crispy crust, which you can share with the family. They are also excellent as a single dish at dinner time.
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