Not only fresh but also frozen green beans are healthy. Many vitamins, microelements are perfectly stored in the cold. A wide variety of dishes are prepared from this vegetable.
Casserole with green beans and lamb
Bulgarian chefs have dedicated several recipes to green beans. Its classic combination with meat is embodied in a dish called Casserole with green beans and lamb.
Here's what you need for cooking:
- 700 g frozen green beans;
- 1 medium-sized carrot;
- 2 small heads of turnip onions;
- 500 g of boiled lamb shoulder;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 glass of milk;
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 100 grams of cheese;
- 0.5 teaspoon of ground red pepper;
Chop the carrots into thin strips, 2 cm long, onions - in small pieces. Fry these vegetables in olive oil. Add red pepper at the end.
Pass the boiled meat through a meat grinder, combine with beans, cut across into 2-3-centimeter pieces. It remains to put finely chopped tomatoes, salt and mix everything.
Pour the mixture into a mold, greased with olive oil and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. The casserole is baked in an oven preheated to 200 ° C until half cooked - 20 minutes. After that, they take it out, pour it with a mixture of eggs and milk and send it to the oven for about the same amount.
5 minutes before the end of readiness, you can sprinkle the casserole with grated cheese. The dish is served with sour cream, mayonnaise and finely chopped parsley.
Vitamin omelet
You can make an omelet with green beans. To do this, boil it in boiling water for 15 minutes. Cool, cut each pod into 3 pieces. Then put in a frying pan, salt and pour over beaten eggs with milk.
To make the omelet look even more beautiful, before sending it to the pan, yellow and red bell peppers are fried in it for 10-15 minutes.
After the vegetables are covered with an omelet, it is baked well, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and dill on top of the dish. It turns out tasty, healthy, beautiful.
Other food options
If the refrigerator contains only frozen beans, garlic, salt and vegetable oil, then this is just what you need for the next dish.
The beans are boiled in salted water for 15 minutes. They are thrown back in a colander, cooled and cut along not very finely. It remains to fry it for 10-15 minutes in a pan, add finely chopped garlic at the end and enjoy a light dish.
Those who are not aware of the problem of excess weight love to fill boiled hot beans with a considerable amount of butter. It turns out also delicious.
Beans go well with rice. It is boiled, cut coarsely, fried with carrots with onions and added to boiled rice.
As you can see, frozen green beans will enrich rice with a new taste, they will perfectly suit lamb, will be appropriate in an omelet, including with other vegetables.
