Ingredients:

• 2 cups of dried beans
• 1.5 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 1 grated tomato
• 1 onion
• 3 tablespoons of oil
• 350 gr cubed meat
• 3-5 dried small hot peppers
• Hot water
• Salt, pepper

How to Make Beans with Meat?

• Soak the dried beans the night before. Drain and wash the water the next day.
• Put the grated onion in the steel pot, stir a few times before adding the meat. After adding the meat, saute until brown and tender.
• Add the tomato paste and grated tomato. Saute for one minute.
• Add 1-1.5 liters of hot water.
• Add the dried hot little peppers and spices and cook on low heat until the beans are fully cooked. Depending on the bean type it takes between 45-60 mins.
• Also, check from time to time to see if you need to add water, as some beans absorb more water than others.

Enjoy your meal.

Hints & Tips:

• Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
• When sauteing the meat, make sure it releases its water and absorbs it again.
• If you don’t have time, you can cook dry beans in a shorter time using a pressure cooker.
• You can also cook this meal with pre-cooked beans/canned beans. In this case, you need to keep the cooking time short.

What goes well with beans with meat?

• You can serve plain rice pilaf or noodle pilaf with your dry bean meal.
• Bulgur pilaf will also be good with dried beans.
• You can complete your menu with a nice homemade yoghurt and crispy pickled cucumbers.