🇱🇧 Lebanon
Loubieh b'Zeit
One of Lebanon's beloved bi-zeit dishes, cooked in the morning and eaten at room temperature with bread, onion, and nothing else needed.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 30 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Whole garlic cloves melted into the oil and beans cooked past crisp into silky tenderness, served at room temperature.
Ingredients
- 750 gflat green beans, trimmed
- 2 onions, sliced
- 8 clovesgarlic, whole
- 4 ripe tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsptomato paste
- 120 mlolive oil
- 1 tspsalt
Method
- 1
Warm the olive oil and soften the onions with the whole garlic cloves until sweet and golden.
- 2
Add the beans and toss until glossy and bright green.
- 3
Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, and a small glass of water.
- 4
Cover and simmer gently about 25 minutes until the beans are fully tender and the sauce has thickened.
- 5
Cool to room temperature and serve with bread and raw onion wedges.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4