Fasoulakia

Green beans and potatoes in tomato sauce

Today on the Recipe Week menu — a Greek dish called Fasoulakia!  

It’s one of my favorite recipes.  It’s healthy, pretty, delicious, and it’s a good dish to make when you’re expecting a crowd.

Ingredients:

1. 1-1.5 lbs. green beans  (one full plastic bag)
2. 1 head of garlic (at least)
3. 2 medium onions
4. 1 large can of tomatoes (or fire roasted tomatoes)
5. 1 box vegetable broth
6. 4-5 potatoes
7. olive oil
8. salt

Method:

Clean and cut the tips off the beans.  Sweat the onions and garlic in olive oil.  Put the tomatoes trough a strainer over the pot and mash them up and get the juice out (this helps create the sauce).  Add the tomatoes to the pot.  Add beans and bring to a boil.  While this is happening, cut the potatoes lengthwise into wedges.  Add potatoes to pot.  Cover mixture with vegetable broth.  Bring back to boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 45 min. or until potatoes are fully cooked.

When the beans and potatoes are ready, remove them from the pot with a slotted spoon.  Bring the sauce to a boil and reduce until it thickens.  Mix the sauce back into the beans.

Next up — Hummus (not Greek, but it’s good so why not?)