Greek style green beans in tomato

Name: Greek style green beans in tomato
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 500g green beans, trimmed; 2 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 onion, sliced; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tin chopped tomatoes, 400 g tin; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped; 1 lemon, juice

Soft green beans slowly cooked in garlicky tomato sauce, the way a Greek grandmother would.

Time45 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.63 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

Tick what you need to buy. It goes on your shopping list.

500 ggreen beanstrimmed
2 tbsprapeseed oil
1onionsliced
3garlic clovessliced
1tin chopped tomatoes400 g tin
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspblack pepper
2 tbspfresh flat leaf parsleychopped
1lemonjuice

Method

1
Heat the oil in a wide pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion for 8 minutes until soft.
8 min
2
Add the garlic and oregano and cook for 1 minute.
3
Stir in the tomatoes, beans, pepper and a splash of water. Bring to a simmer.
4
Cover and cook gently for 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until the beans are very tender and the sauce is thick.
25 min
5
Stir in the parsley and lemon juice. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.