A healthy Middle Eastern dish that consists of green beans, tomato sauce, meat, and white rice on the side! It’s a great main dish to have for dinner as it’s healthy, delicious, and filling!
This is a wonderful traditional Middle Eastern stew that my Mom has cooked ever since I was a child. French beans aka green beans or string beans are cooked in a rich tomato sauce, along with meat that can be either beef or lamb.
This dish is a staple in Middle Eastern cuisine in the levant countries including Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. It can be made over the stovetop in a dutch oven, or in a slow cooker.
Traditionally this dish is cooked over the stovetop, where the meat is simmered until soft. However, the slow cooker version (that is not very common) can make your meat even more tender.
Now, this dish does require a little bit of prep but it’s worth it, I promise! And if don’t with to make it with meat, you can make this a vegetarian dish. It’s delicious I make it all the time!
Serve it with plain rice, or with Lebanese rice, and enjoy!
I hope that you love this recipe as much as I do, and don’t forget to check out more of my Middle Eastern Recipes.
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Slow Cooker Middle Eastern green bean stew with meat
Ingredients
- 6 medium pieces bone-in beef or lamb, or stewing beef
- 1 pound green beans trimmed and cut into 1 ½ inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 medium yellow onions 1 left whole, and 1 chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 medium bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon baharat
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3-4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3-5 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- To cook meat, place meat in a pot of water on high heat, let it boil, and remove any floating scum and fat. Let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. Save some of the broth.
- Remove meat from the pot, and wash it. Set aside.
- In a skillet heat vegetable oil, and saute the beans lightly for 4-5 minutes.
- In your slow cooker place the meat, one whole onion, the sauteed beans, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and seasonings.
- Cover with a lid and cook on high for 4-4.5 hours. (or on low for 8 hours).
- When the beans and the meat are almost done. In a skillet heat vegetable oil and saute the diced onion for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the flour, tomato paste, and broth (from the meat), stir well and let it come to a boil then remove from heat. (You can add a bit of vinegar or sugar for taste)
- Add the mixture to the crockpot, and let it cook for 20 more minutes.
- Serve warm with rice on the side.
Nutrition Information
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© Little Sunny Kitchen
CYNDEE Parrish says
Great reat recipes. Thank You!!!
Hannah Renton says
Mm this looks delicious! I love slow cooker dishes. They are so convenient and always taste amazing!