Serbian Green Beans Food

SERBIAN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 450º.
• Cook green beans according to package directions. Meanwhile, place a skillet over medium-high heat. Add butter. Whem melted add bread crumbs. Stir until lightly browned. Remove from heat.
• Drain green beans in a colander. Put green beans, parsley, breadcrumbs, garlic and black peppper into a small baking dish. Stir to mix. Spread sour cream evenly over green beans.
• Bake for two minutes. Serve immediately.

SZECHUAN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• To medium Dutch oven, add 2 cups canola oil and heat to 350 degrees F.
• In medium saute pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon oil. Add ginger and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until it turns light brown; quickly add soy sauce, chili sauce, rice wine vinegar, hoisin, mirin, sesame oil and cilantro.
• Fry the green beans in the canola oil for about 45 seconds, or until beans turn dark green. Remove, strain, and add to sauce. Toss and garnish with peanuts and parsley.

SERBIAN GROUND BEEF, VEGGIE, AND POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a casserole dish.
• In a skillet over medium heat, cook the beef until evenly brown. Remove beef from skillet, reserving juices, and set aside. Mix in the olive oil, and saute the green pepper, onion, carrot, and celery until tender.
• Return beef to the skillet, and season with paprika, salt, black pepper, red pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the water and red wine until heated through. Dissolve the beef bouillon cube into the mixture. Remove skillet from heat, and mix in the half-and-half.
• Layer the bottom of the prepared casserole dish with enough potato slices to cover. Place the beef and vegetable mixture over the potatoes, and top with remaining potatoes.
• Cook, covered, 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the potatoes are tender.

SERBIAN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine beans, potatoes, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and water in saucepan.
• Cook until vegetables are tender.
• Saute onion in oil in skillet.
• Stir in flour; Cook until brown and add to soup.
• Simmer for 5 minutes longer.
• Season with salt and pepper.

SERBIAN BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Add all ingredients in large pot (EXCEPT THE OIL, FLOUR and RED PAPRIKA & SALT). Add enough water to just cover (Don't add more now, you will add a bit of water later.
• Cook until veggies are tender, about 1 hour depending on individual stoves. Taste and adjust salt. At this point you can turn off stove cover pot and leave until ready to have dinner. NOW, make roux - in small sauce pan add oil and flour and paprika over med heat stirring so as not to burn. When you can scrape your finger down the back of your wooden spoon and it remains, it's good. Remove from flame, add a ladle of soup from bean pot stirring quickly so as not to clump but still be thick. Pour slowly into large pot w/other ingredients stirring all the while briskly and heat until thickened. Add little water if you feel it's too thick.
• TOMATO & ONION SALAD.
• 3 large ripe tomatoes diced small.
• 1 large onion diced small.
• 1/4 cup oil.
• salt.
• Add into bowl and add oil and salt to taste. Mix together set aside until ready.