Best Green Beans Lebanese Recipes

LUBEE (LEBANESE GREEN BEANS AND LAMB)

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add lamb and onions and cook until lamb begins to brown and onion begins to turn translucent.
• Stir in garlic, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low.
• Stir in green beans. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and water. Cover pan and cook over low heat about 1 hour, or until lamb is tender.
• Serve over cooked rice.

GREEN BEANS LEBANESE

Steps:

• Brown lamb and bones in hot oil in skillet.
• Add onions and saute until lightly browned.
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper and allspice, mix well, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a large saucepan, cover, and cook slowly for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add beans and hot water just to cover, and cook, covered, for about 30 minutes.
• Taste broth, and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Continue cooking until beans are done.
• Uncover, and let liquid cook down if you prefer a less juicy dish.
• Tastes best if prepared a day ahead and reheated for serving.
• Pick out and discard bones before serving.

LUBYA BI-ZAYT (LEBANESE GREEN BEANS)

Steps:

• Fry onion and garlic cloves in oil over high heat, stir for 5 minutes.
• Add beans, cook for 10 minutes, stir occasionally.
• Add tomato, salt, sugar, chile, allspice, and water. Cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cook for 35 minutes or till tender.
• Remove chile before serving.

LEBANESE GREEN BEANS, LUBIE

Steps:

• In a large pot over low heat, sautee onions in olive oil with a little salt until very brown.
• To the same pan, add garlic, cumin and cinamon and sautee another 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes in juice and cook until spice and onions have incorporated into the liquid.
• Add DRAINED green beans - cover and cook for at least 10 minutes.
• Add salt to tast.
• TOPPING While beans are cooking, toast pine nuts in a DRY sautee pan over medium heat. Be sure to turn them and watch closely as they burn quickly - about 2 minutes. Add cumin and olive oil and remove from heat.
• To serve place beans in large bowl and dirzzle pine nut mixture over the top.

LAMB CHOPS WITH LEBANESE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and light brown, about 5 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon fresh mint (or 1 teaspoon dried), cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add tomatoes and water and increase heat to high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to break down, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in green beans. Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the green beans are tender, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle both sides of lamb chops with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the lamb chops and cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn them over and transfer the pan to the oven.
• Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into a chop registers 140°F for medium-rare, 6 to 10 minutes, depending on thickness.
• Stir the remaining mint into the green bean mixture.
• Serve the lamb chops with the green beans and to complete your meal, add bulgur or rice pilaf.
• Serving size = 2 lamb chops and 1 cup green beans.