Moroccan recipe: Tagine with green beans

Tagine with green beans

The tagine: a dish that is healthy, quick, easy and ... delicious

Why has tagine become a "trendy" dish these days? For two reasons: first because it is quick and easy to make (you heard right, because if the tagine has to simmer one to one and a half hours, its preparation time varies on average 20 to 30 min). The second reason is that it is often based on healthy basic ingredients. By programming one or two tagines in your week, you will gently switch to nutrition that is both healthy and delicious.

Today I offer you a tagine with seasonal vegetables (in Morocco): Tagine with green beans.

Recipe Tagine with green beans

Ingredients for 4 persons:

• Half a kilo of meat, ideally tender.
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped.
• 4 medium-sized crushed garlic cloves.
• 1 chopped tomato.
• 5 tablespoons of olive oil for cooking.
• About 1 liter of water for cooking too.
• 2/3 tsp. of salt.
• 1/2 teaspoon of ginger.
• One teaspoon of turmeric.
• 5 filaments of saffron.
• 1/2 kg of beans cut in half.
• Half a lemon juice (optional).

Preparation:
Chop the onion and the tomato and mash the garlic cloves. Brown them in a pot with a little water and olive oil. Season with salt, ginger, turmeric and saffron. Arrange the meat in the middle. Simmer a bit then add the water. Cook over medium heat for about an hour. Check that the meat is cooked through. Add the beans and the lemon juice. Uncover the pot (remove the lid) to promote the evaporation of the remaining water for another 20 minutes (they are enough for the beans to keep their crunchy appearance). Serve hot.

I hope that this "simplified" recipe of this tagine will encourage you to take the step for a first tagine. Enjoy your meal!

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