Arni Me Fassolakia Greek Lamb Stew With Green Beans Food

FASOLAKIA (GREEK GREEN BEANS)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and stir in onion. Cook until onion has softened, about 5 minutes. Add green beans and stir to coat in the oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes. Add pureed tomato, potatoes, salt, pepper, and sugar. Stir well, then add water until beans are barely covered.
• Bring to a simmer, partially cover with a lid, and cook gently over medium-low heat until green beans and potatoes are soft, 25 to 30 minutes. Uncover towards the end of cooking to reduce sauce if it is too watery.

LAMB STEW WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute onion and celery until golden. Stir in lamb, and cook until evenly brown. Stir in tomato sauce and water. Reduce heat, and simmer for about 1 hour.
• Stir in green beans. Season with parsley, mint, dill, cinnamon, sugar, salt and pepper. Continue cooking until beans are tender.

ARNI ME FASSOLAKIA: GREEK LAMB STEW WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat; sauté the lamb pieces and chopped onion until well browned.
• Add the water, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes, until the meat is tender.
• Add the beans, potatoes, mint , dill, parsley, cinnamon, and the remaining teaspoon of salt.
• Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add more water during cooking if the stew looks dry.
• Remove from the heat and let the stew sit, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy.

LAMB KOKKINISTO (GREEK LAMB STEW)

Steps:

• Rinse the lamb in cold water, pat dry with a paper towel, then coat with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• In a small bowl, combine the oregano, salt, pepper, and cinnamon to create a dry rub. Rub this mixture on the lamb coating all sides.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large dutch oven pot over medium high heat. Add the lamb to the pot. Brown the lamb on all sides (approx 1-2 mins per side).
• After the lamb is browned on all sides, transfer the lamb to a plate and allow to rest while you prepare the sauce and preheat the oven. Note: You may turn the stove off at this point, but do not throw out the oil nor clean the pan yet.
• Preheat your oven to 300 degrees farenheit (or if you prefer to use a crockpot, start preheating your crockpot).
• Dice the onion, carrot, and garlic. In the same pan that was used for the lamb, cook the onion, carrot, and garlic on medium heat until soft (approximately 5 minutes). Then add the red wine, tomatoes, cinnamon, bay leaves, thyme, and salt to the pot. Stir. Reduce the heat to low to simmer for 5 more minutes.
• Submerge the lamb in the pot with the tomato sauce, cover with a lid and cook slowly in your oven or crockpot until lamb reaches a safe temperature (145-medium rare, 160-medium, 170-well done). Oven time at 300 degrees is approximately 1 and 1/2 hours.
• When the lamb is done cooking, remove from oven and skim the fat off the top and throw away.
• (Optional) Serve over a bed of hilopitaki or orzo pasta.

GREEK BRAISED LAMB WITH GREEN BEANS AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium high heat.
• Add the diced lamb and cook until the meat is browned.
• Stir in the trimmed beans and onion. Cook for approx 10 minutes, stirring occassionally.
• Stir in the passata sauce, water, salt and pepper to taste and the chopped mint.
• Reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 3/4 hour to one hour -- until the meat is cooked through and the beans are tender.
• Check the liquid content of the dish at the 30 minute mark and if there seems to be too much liquid, simmer uncovered for the remaining cooking time.