Before yesterday, I would have said there is no universe in which I would make a dish like this and actually enjoy it. But I did. And I did.
I grew up in a household where green beans came out of a can and truth be told, I had liver spots before I ever had fresh green beans. My crock pot is used solely for almond milk steel-cut oats and cooking ANY vegetable for 7 hours seemed...obscene.
And yet this dish, a crockpot full of fresh green bean and tomatoes, spiced up with Thai red curry paste and tempered with creamy coconut milk, changed all of those preconceptions. Somehow, the green beans aren't overcooked and the dish is served over rice then topped off with crunchy peanuts, fresh cilantro, and lime juice.
As a final note, I invoked Yotam and topped it off with a fried egg to make it feel more like a meal-meal.
It was delicious and I want more. Like NOW! RIGHT NOW.
2 C diced fresh tomatoes (~ 3 medium)
1 C coconut milk
2 TBL red curry paste
1 TBL finely chopped fresh ginger
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 1/4 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
1 TBL fresh lime juice
1/3 C roasted, salted peanuts, chopped
2 TBL fresh cilantro
Whisk first 6 ingredients together in a 6 QT slow cooker. Add green beans and cook LOW for 7 hours, stirring once after 3.5 hours.
Stir in lime juice and serve over hot rice, adding toppings.
Marilyn's Notes: Used canned diced tomatoes. I only have a 1.5 QT crock pot here in FL, but HALF the recipe fit in fine. I also cut the red curry paste down to 1/2 TBL and was happy with that, although it could go a little hotter.
Another fine one from Southern Living magazine.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/stewed-green-beans-tomatoes
I grew up in a household where green beans came out of a can and truth be told, I had liver spots before I ever had fresh green beans. My crock pot is used solely for almond milk steel-cut oats and cooking ANY vegetable for 7 hours seemed...obscene.
And yet this dish, a crockpot full of fresh green bean and tomatoes, spiced up with Thai red curry paste and tempered with creamy coconut milk, changed all of those preconceptions. Somehow, the green beans aren't overcooked and the dish is served over rice then topped off with crunchy peanuts, fresh cilantro, and lime juice.
As a final note, I invoked Yotam and topped it off with a fried egg to make it feel more like a meal-meal.
It was delicious and I want more. Like NOW! RIGHT NOW.
2 C diced fresh tomatoes (~ 3 medium)
1 C coconut milk
2 TBL red curry paste
1 TBL finely chopped fresh ginger
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 1/4 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
1 TBL fresh lime juice
1/3 C roasted, salted peanuts, chopped
2 TBL fresh cilantro
Whisk first 6 ingredients together in a 6 QT slow cooker. Add green beans and cook LOW for 7 hours, stirring once after 3.5 hours.
Stir in lime juice and serve over hot rice, adding toppings.
Marilyn's Notes: Used canned diced tomatoes. I only have a 1.5 QT crock pot here in FL, but HALF the recipe fit in fine. I also cut the red curry paste down to 1/2 TBL and was happy with that, although it could go a little hotter.
Another fine one from Southern Living magazine.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/stewed-green-beans-tomatoes