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Green Beans Soup
🥙 Middle Eastern

Green Beans Soup

🥙 Middle Eastern

Gentle simmered green beans in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the middle eastern answer to "something light tonight". 30 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, diced
  • Garlic3 cloves, minced
  • Lemon1
  • Olive Oil1 tbsp
  • Green Beans400 g
  • Ground Cumin1/2 tsp
  • Fresh Parsleysmall handful
  • Stock or Broth1 litre

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sweat the onion in the Olive Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add the garlic and ground cumin and cook for 30 seconds more.

  3. 3

    Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the green beans.

  4. 4

    Simmer gently until the green beans is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.

  5. 5

    Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh parsley and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ground cumin in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Loubia b'zeit - Lebanese green bean stew - Vegan Healthy Lebanese recipes · on YouTube