Beans Breton With Tomatoes Recipes

TOMATOES AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in the hot oil until golden, about 5 minutes. Stir beans into the oil; season with salt. Cook and stir the beans until hot, about 5 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the beans; cook and stir until the tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour broth over the beans mixture; stir. Cook the mixture at a simmer until the liquid reduced in volume by about half, about 15 minutes. Season with pepper.

GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a large skillet with a tight-fitting lid, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and oregano, and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
• To skillet, add tomatoes and their puree, breaking up tomatoeswith a spoon or your fingers; stir to combine. Add green beans, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until green beans are soft, about 30 minutes. Serve.

BEANS BRETON WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Put the beans in a mixing bowl and add water to cover to a depth of about 2 inches above the top of the beans. Let soak for several hours or overnight.
• Drain the beans and put them in a saucepan. Add the 8 cups of water and salt, pepper, carrot, onion, bay leaf, clove of garlic and parsley sprigs. Bring to a boil and simmer one hour or until the beans are tender but not mushy.
• While the beans cook, heat the butter. Add the chopped onions and garlic. Cook and stir until the onions are translucent. Add the tomatoes and thyme; salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• When the beans are done, strain them. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Add the beans and the reserved cooking liquid to the tomato sauce. Bring to the boil. Check seasoning and simmer for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.

TOMATO, PEPPER & BEAN ONE POT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan or casserole on a medium heat. Fry the onion, celery and carrots for 10 mins until soft and golden, then add the peppers and fry for another 5 mins.
• Stir in the garlic for a minute, then add the tomato purée, all the beans and chopped tomatoes, then swirl out the tomato cans with a splash of water and add to the pan with the stock cube, bay leaves, sugar and vinegar. Season and simmer, uncovered, for 25 mins until the sauce reduces to coat the beans and the peppers are soft. Leave to cool before storing in transportable containers. Will keep in the fridge for 3 - 4 days or freeze in portions and defrost in the fridge overnight. Choose your toppingsSweet & spicyAdd diced dried apricots and 1 tbsp harissa. Top with yogurt swirled with more harissa, and toasted flaked almonds. Tex-MexStir in ½ - 1 tbsp chipotle paste, shredded leftover roast chicken if you have any, and top with diced avocado, grated cheddar and coriander. Smoky BBQ beansStir in 1 tbsp smoky BBQ sauce and crumble over shop-bought crispy bacon, a dollop of soured cream or yogurt, and some chopped herbs. Added greensStir in some spinach and top with a sliced boiled egg. Beans on toastServe the beans on toast or bread, add a dash of Tabasco or chilli flakes, crumble over feta and drizzle with olive oil. Italian-inspiredTop with toasted croutons, chopped rosemary, lemon zest and parmesan.

GREEN BEANS IN SEASONED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over high heat; cook and stir onion, garlic, and salt in the hot oil until onion is softened and browned, about 15 minutes.
• Mix tomatoes and green beans into onion mixture. Add sugar and cinnamon to mixture; bring to a boil, lower heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until green beans are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

BRETON BRAISED LAMB & HARICOT BEANS

Steps:

• Put the beans in a saucepan and cover with water. Add the quartered onion, the halved carrot and halved celery, the bay leaves, parsley stalks and peppercorns. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30-40 mins until the beans are soft. Drain well and reserve the cooking liquid, discarding the onion, carrot and celery.
• While the beans are cooking, heat half the olive oil in a heavy-based flameproof casserole. Brown the lamb in batches over a high heat. As each batch is cooked, remove it and set aside on a plate. Reduce the heat, add the chopped onion to the pan with the diced celery and carrot and cook until well coloured. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of mins.
• Return the lamb to the pan and add all the remaining ingredients, except the beans. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat to very low and cover, then cook for 2 hrs. Add the beans 45 mins before the end of cooking time. Stir the lamb round every so often. If the lamb looks dry, add some of the bean cooking liquid.
• Remove the lid for the last 30 mins of cooking time, and season. This helps the cooking liquid to reduce. You should end up with a thick stew of tender lamb and soft beans. Scatter over the parsley and serve.

BACON, BUTTER BEANS,AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a Dutch oven until crisp.
• Stir in onion and next 3 ingredients; saute until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in tomato, and cook 3 minutes.
• Stir in broth and butterbeans; bring to a boil.
• Cover and reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
• Simmer, uncovered 20 minutes stirring often.
• Stir in parsley and remaining ingredients.
• Cook stirring often, 5 minutes; discard bay leaf.