Italian Green Beans Stewed with Potatoes and Tomatoes

I have eaten this dish for the first time at my in-laws’ house.

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I don’t know why I never saw this type of Italian Green Beans stewed at my parents’ house, even though my father loved legumes.

My father-in-law came home one morning with a big bag full of green beans, potatoes, and tomatoes, my father-in-law did the shopping at home and my mother-in-law, a good cook, cooked.

Especially in the summer, the house of my in-laws was coming and going of people who invariably stayed for lunch or dinner.

So my poor mother-in-law was always in the kitchen, despite everything then at the end of the day she was tired, she always thought about what she could cook the next day.

Thinking about what to cook for the next day is ,I think, a characteristic of an Italian mom.

As in all relationships at the beginning it is always difficult to say what you do not like especially if you are in a Sicilian family where food is sacred, you can not like it.

So how could I say that I had never tasted green beans and that I was sure I didn’t like them. I couldn’t, respectfully I had to eat any dish they brought me.

That summer evening, I still remember, when my mother-in-law served me that plate full of stewed green beans and potatoes, I started to sweat. I, who am not a lover of legumes, did not want to displease them, I could not avoid them, slowly I started eating it, and at the first bite, I changed my mind, that dish was delicious. That combination of beans and potatoes was heavenly, very good.

Italian Green Beans Stewed with Potatoes and Tomatoes

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This Italian Green Beans and Potatoes dish is rustic, colorful, and bursting with flavor, plus it's full of feel-good, nutritious ingredients.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Additional Time 0 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Salads and Contorni

Cuisine Italian

Servings 4

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• 450 g of organic Italian green beans 1 pound
• 1 small-medium onion finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• ¾ cup blanched and chopped peeled tomatoes
• 2 medium-large potatoes
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• Salt and hot pepper to taste
• 3 tbsp organic extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

 

• Wash and trim the ends of the green beans.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pan or fry over medium heat.
• Add the onions and brown until they start to become translucent for about 3 minutes; then add the garlic.
• Cook the garlic until it becomes fragrant, about 30 seconds, then add the chopped peeled tomato.
• Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often to avoid burning.
• Then, add the beans and diced potatoes and mix in the mixture;
• then gradually add the vegetable stock,
• add the salt and pepper.
• Mix everything to incorporate it.
• If the mixture is a little dry, add more vegetable broth.
• Reduce the heat, cover, and cook the beans and potatoes in the tomato sauce for 15-20 minutes.
• The beans should be cooked until they are very tender and not too brothy.

Notes

ENJOY!

Keyword Italian Green Beans

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