Loubieh bi zeit green beans in tomato and olive oil

Name: Loubieh bi zeit green beans in tomato and olive oil
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 500g green beans, trimmed; 1 onion, sliced; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 400g tinned chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp ground allspice; 0.5 tsp fine sea salt; 200ml water; 30g fresh coriander, chopped

Green beans slowly stewed in tomato, garlic and olive oil until sweet and tender. Delicious warm or cold.

Time45 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.02 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
1onionsliced
4garlic clovessliced
400 gtinned chopped tomatoes
2 tbsptomato purée
4 tbspolive oil
1 tspground allspice
½ tspfine sea salt
200 mlwater
30 gfresh corianderchopped

Method

1
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan and cook the onion for 8 minutes until soft.
8 min
2
Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, then stir in the purée and allspice.
3
Tip in the beans, tomatoes, water and salt. Stir well.
4
Cover and simmer gently for 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until the beans are very soft and the sauce is thick.
25 min
5
Stir through the coriander. Serve with rice, or at room temperature with bread.

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