Turkish Kuru Fasulye (beans in tomato sauce)
Turkish Kuru Fasulye (beans in tomato sauce)

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Fasulye (Turkish) or Fasolada (Greek) is a dish made of white beans with vegetables in a stew or soup like, tomato sauce. This dish is delicious and so easy to make, packed full of vitamins and nutrients, this healthy dish is definitely a recipe to keep on hand for family dinners. Great recipe for Turkish Kuru Fasulye (beans in tomato sauce). This is a Turkish staple and the ultimate comfort food for long cold nights.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have turkish kuru fasulye (beans in tomato sauce) using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Turkish Kuru Fasulye (beans in tomato sauce):
  1. Get 2 cups dried haricot bean (ideally Ispir Seker Fasulye but these aren’t readily available outside Turkey)
  2. Prepare 2 medium onions
  3. Prepare 3 tablespoons good quality olive oil
  4. Take 1 large clove of garlic
  5. Take 1/2 red pepper (in Turkey 2 x long green sweet peppers but they are not readily available in the UK)
  6. Prepare 200 g lamb diced into 1cm cubes
  7. Get 1 cup bean stock (saved from the par boiled beans)
  8. Get 2 cups lamb/meat bone broth (this isn’t essential, most Turkish recipes use water but I find using meat stock gives a tastier sauce)
  9. Take 1/2 tsp sugar
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  11. Get 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
  12. Make ready 1 tablespoon passata or a grated tomato

Kuru Fasulye / Turkish white beans with caramelised onions and a tomato sauce. Once you are happy with the taste, add chopped coriander and serve hot or cold. This is an adaptation of a classic Turkish recipe (kuru fasulye) with chunky veg and white beans in a zesty tomato base sauce, making a really warming and hearty meal. The flavours are very subtle and fresh brought out by the added lemon.

Steps to make Turkish Kuru Fasulye (beans in tomato sauce):
  1. Wash the dried beans and leave them overnight in water. Add a teaspoon of salt to this water.
  2. Boil the beans until they are aldente. Cooking time here varies on bean variety and soaking time. Test at 30mins, 45mins and 1hour. Taste one and if it still has some bite to it then this is done. Make sure you remove the white foam as it cooks.
  3. Sauté the meat, set aside when lightly browned. Add oil and slowly cook finely chopped onions. The onions need to become translucent and almost sticky- do not brown the onions.
  4. Add the tomato purée and the passata/grated tomato to the onions and cook for a couple of minutes on low heat.
  5. Add the sautéed meat back in.
  6. Add in the sieved beans (keep some of the bean stock!) Add the finely chopped pepper, sugar, salt, bean and meat stock/water
  7. Cover bring to the boil and simmer for 30 mins on the hob. cook on the hob or transfer to an ovenproof dish with a lid and cook at 170C for at least 1-2 hours. Keep testing your beans every 45 mins until they are soft and to your preferred taste. These beans need to be served ideally in a slightly liquid sauce so if it’s getting dry as it cooks add more liquid.

This is an adaptation of a classic Turkish recipe (kuru fasulye) with chunky veg and white beans in a zesty tomato base sauce, making a really warming and hearty meal. The flavours are very subtle and fresh brought out by the added lemon. Turkish Bean Stew with Chicken, Onion, Peppers in Tomato Sauce - Tavuklu Kuru Fasulye. Elsewhere, you need to look for tins of haricot beans. These are one of the most common beans so they're easy to get your hands on.

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