Mapleforge Green Beans In

Name: Mapleforge Green Beans In
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: ⅓ cup (80 mL) EVOO Olive Oil; 1 medium onion (~150 g), finely chopped Onion; 8–12 large garlic cloves, unpeeled Garlic; 1 lb 4 oz (500 g) green beans, cut Green Bean; sea salt (3 g) Salt; 5 medium ripe tomatoes (~625 g) peeled/chopped or 2 (14-oz/400-g) cans drained Tomato

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Anissa Helou recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Anissa Helou.

A quick pan finish for steak and poultry.

Ratio

Olive Oil 80 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil — ⅓ cup (80 mL) EVOO
Onion — 1 medium onion (~150 g), finely chopped
Garlic — 8–12 large garlic cloves, unpeeled
Green Bean — 1 lb 4 oz (500 g) green beans, cut
Salt — sea salt (3 g)
Tomato — 5 medium ripe tomatoes (~625 g) peeled/chopped or 2 (14-oz/400-g) cans drained

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

Companion jar

Mapleforge Green Beans In wants a whisk and a stove — make it from this page.

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Provenance

Anissa Helou — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. James Beard Book Award: International 2019.

Originally published as Green Beans in Tomato Sauce (Lübyeh bil-zeyt).

Adapted from a Anissa Helou recipe (Anissa Helou / National Post (Lebanon)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Anissa Helou / National Post (Lebanon) (published as “Green Beans in Tomato Sauce (Lübyeh bil-zeyt)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Companion jar