Judias Verdes with Tomato and Garlic

Name: Judias Verdes with Tomato and Garlic
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 500g green beans, trimmed; 3 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 onion, chopped; 200g tin chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped

Tender green beans simmered in olive oil, garlic and tomato.

Time25 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.79 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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500 ggreen beanstrimmed
3 tbspolive oil
3garlic clovessliced
1onionchopped
200 gtin chopped tomatoes
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tbspflat leaf parsleychopped

Method

1
Boil the beans in salted water for 4 minutes, then drain.
4 min
2
Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion for 6 minutes until soft. Add the garlic and paprika for 1 minute.
6 min
3
Add the tomatoes and a splash of water. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4
Stir in the beans and cook for 8 more minutes, until tender and coated in sauce.
8 min
5
Season, scatter with parsley and serve warm or at room temperature.

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