Rice with green beans in tomato sauce

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients that we will need to prepare rice and green beans. Beans can be taken either fresh or frozen.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the carrots, onions and garlic. Cut the pepper into two parts, remove the core with seeds and the stalk. Rinse vegetables in clean water.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the ends off the beans. If the beans are not very young, then they have harsh tendrils on the sides that will be felt in the finished dish, remove them.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut the carrots into cubes or grate them on a coarse grater, whichever is more convenient for you. Chop the onion and bell pepper into small half rings or a little smaller. Cut the beans into pieces one and a half to two centimeters long (as in the photo).

5. STEP 5

   

   Make a cross-shaped cut on the tomatoes and pour boiling water over the tomatoes. After a minute, drain the water (carefully, don’t get burned!).

6. STEP 6

   

   Remove the peel from the cooled tomatoes (after boiling water this will be very easy and simple).

7. STEP 7

   

   Cut the tomatoes into small cubes, and chop the garlic finely by hand (if desired, garlic can be excluded from the list of products). Prepare tomato sauce.

8. STEP 8

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, using a dish with high edges if possible. Briefly fry the onions and carrots, stirring continuously so that nothing burns.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add the bell pepper to the pan and fry for about another minute.

10. STEP 10

    

    Next comes the turn of beans and tomatoes. Send them to the vegetables, stir, reduce the heat to medium and simmer under a closed lid for about 10 minutes. The tomatoes should give juice, lift the lid and check, if there is not enough liquid from the tomatoes, then add a few tablespoons of water so that the vegetables are stewed and not fried.

11. STEP 11

    

    Pour the tomato sauce into the frying pan, add salt to taste, mix everything again, leave for 2-3 minutes, and at this time prepare the rice.

12. STEP 12

    

    Rinse the cereal several times until the water is clear.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the rice in the pan, spread in an even layer, and turn the heat up to high.

14. STEP 14

    

    Fill the contents of the pan with water so that it covers the rice by about 1.5 centimeters. Cover with a lid, after boiling, reduce the stove to medium and cook for about 20-25 minutes.

15. STEP 15

    

    During this time, the rice should be cooked and the water should be almost completely absorbed. Sprinkle the rice with finely chopped herbs.

16. STEP 16

    

    Gently stir the contents of the pan; if there is too much liquid left, add a little heat and, stirring, cook until the desired amount of sauce has evaporated. This takes approximately 1-2 minutes. At this stage, taste for salt and add salt if required.

17. STEP 17

    

    Done, ready to serve!

Comments on the recipe

Tasha

06.08.2023

5

Amazing rice! Well done author! You can also prepare this option as a side dish - rice with pumpkin. The taste, aroma and color are amazing!

Maystin

06.08.2023

4.9

I decided to cook rice with green beans in tomato sauce. I did not add tomatoes to the dish, I used only tomato paste. I took frozen beans. I added cumin as a seasoning; I like its combination with rice. The dish turned out tasty and quite self-sufficient, but it would also be excellent as a side dish for meat. Thanks for the recipe!