Peas and beans are included in the list of products most popular among housewives due to their high calorie content and useful qualities. What can be cooked with beans? The recipes are very diverse. It can be pea soup or braised green beans. Beans are often used as a filling for pies, casseroles. They make excellent hearty stews and mashed vegetables. But, unfortunately, both peas and beans require a long heat treatment, so any technology for preparing legumes involves pre-soaking the grains in water for some time. As a result of applying this trick, the product acquires the necessary softness faster when cooking. Try making the simplest bean dish - stewed beans. The proposed recipes involve the use of different technologies and products.
Bean Main Dish : Bean Stew Soup with Meat
Essential Ingredients:
- 2 cups white beans;
- 1 onion;
- about 300 grams of beef or pork;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of butter;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of tomato paste or a few fresh tomatoes;
- salt, spices and herbs to taste.
Cooking
- Sort beans and soak for 5-10 hours.
- Cut the meat into medium pieces, fill with cold water (3-4 liters) and bring to a boil, removing the foam. After reducing the heat, cook the meat broth for 30-50 minutes (depending on the stiffness of the product).
- Drain the beans and pour them into boiling soup.
- Dice the onion and sauté until golden brown. Pour tomatoes or tomato paste, minced through a meat grinder, a little diluted with water (1: 5), pour into a pan, let the mass simmer for 5-10 minutes. Then put the frying in a boiling broth, salt to taste. If desired, you can add potatoes to the dish, slightly reducing the specified volume of beans.
- After 30-40 minutes of boiling, try the grains for softness. If necessary, continue cooking until the beans are ready.
- Season with spices and herbs.
Bean main course: bean stew
Essential Ingredients:
- 1 cup white beans;
- about 200 grams of smoked brisket or sausage;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 3-4 fresh tomatoes;
- 2 stalks of celery;
- 4-5 medium potatoes;
- 1 bell pepper;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of grated hard cheese;
- salt and seasoning to taste.
Cooking
- Pour the beans with cold water and leave for at least 2 hours. Then rinse again and set to boil, pouring the broth, so that it contains 3-4 centimeters of liquid.
- Onions, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, celery cut into cubes and fry in a deep pan. Do not immediately mix all the vegetables. Follow this sequence of adding products to the total mass every 2-3 minutes of cooking - onions, carrots, peppers, celery, tomatoes. Salt the resulting thick mixture a little and leave to simmer until fully thickened.
- After 30 minutes of boiling the beans, pour the diced potatoes and brisket into the pan. After boiling add vegetable dressing to stew .
- Cook the dish until the potatoes are ready. Season with seasonings and salt to your taste.
- Before turning off the heat, add finely chopped garlic, mix and sprinkle with grated cheese. Serve the bean dish hot.