Typical Sicilian Stuffed Green Beans. Today I want to offer you a typical Sicilian summer side dish.
With the nice weather, we can easily find both green beans and cherry tomatoes.
We’ll pair them with the prince of our kitchen: Sicilian seasoned breadcrumbs, which have fed many people, flavoring and “stretching” the quantity of dishes.
This is a side dish that goes well with both fish and meat. It tastes better when consumed at room temperature, so it’s convenient to prepare beforehand. The prince of this recipe is the Sicilian seasoned breadcrumbs. Traditional and Bimby recipe.
Attached here you’ll find a link that explains how to make it.
Thought for you:
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 15 Minutes
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Regional Italian
- Region: Sicily
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 96.35 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 12.66 (g) of which sugars 3.89 (g)
- Proteins 2.83 (g)
- Fat 4.58 (g) of which saturated 0.70 (g)of which unsaturated 0.40 (g)
- Fibers 2.81 (g)
- Sodium 68.10 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 125 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 21 oz green beans (flat beans are also fine)
- 10.5 oz piccadilly tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (seasoned Sicilian style, see recipe)
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 bunch chopped parsley
- 10 leaves basil
Tools
What we need to prepare
- Frying Pan
- Pot large
- Colander
- Knife
- Cutting Board
Preparation of Typical Sicilian Stuffed Green Beans
Start by trimming the green beans, check if they have any strings, and if so, be sure to remove them. Wash several times under running water.
Put a rather large pot on the stove with water and salt as if you were cooking pasta.
Bring to a boil, and only then add the green beans. Cover and let cook for about 10 minutes.
However, this depends on the green beans and their seasonality, so check and if necessary extend the cooking time.
If you are using frozen green beans, then immerse them in boiling water directly frozen, and shorten the cooking times.
In any case, when they are cooked, drain them, and cool them under plenty of cold water to stop the cooking.
In the meantime, while the green beans are cooling, wash the cherry tomatoes, and…
cut them into pieces.
In the same pot or in a pan, pour in the oil you have, peel the garlic, and slice it so it will be easier to identify and remove it later, let it fry for 1 minute.
As soon as you smell the aroma of garlic, pour in the chopped cherry tomatoes, and you’ll hear the sizzle, stir for 1 minute, and..
Adjust the salt. then…
add the green beans.
Stir well and cook for only 2 minutes.
Then turn off the heat and..
With the flame off, sprinkle Sicilian seasoned breadcrumbs, stir, let cool and…
Serve with plenty of basil.
Here are the Typical Sicilian Stuffed Green Beans ready.
A typical summer side dish.
Put the garlic and the extra virgin olive oil in the bowl, chop: 4 sec./speed 5, then flavor: 5 min./248°F/speed 1.
Add the chopped tomatoes, 3.5 oz of water and the salt. Distribute the green beans in the Varoma container and position the Varoma, cook: 35 min./Varoma/reverse/spoon speed.
Remove the Varoma, pour the green beans into the bowl with the sauce, add the basil and the seasoned breadcrumbs, stir: 30 sec./reverse/spoon speed. Let it flavor in the bowl for 5 minutes and then serve cold, here are the Typical Sicilian Stuffed Green Beans ready.
storage
Typical Sicilian Stuffed Green Beans.
You can store this dish in the fridge for up to 3 days, and before consuming it you need to keep it at room temperature for 30 minutes.
You can also freeze it for up to 3 months.
