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Green Beans Fasolia
🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Green Beans Fasolia

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Hearty and humble: green beans braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Green Beans400 g
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
  • Berbere1 tsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy casserole and brown the green beans well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the green beans out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the berbere.

  3. 3

    Return the green beans, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — ethiopian cooking moves fast once it starts.

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