Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit is a popular Lebanese recipe of fresh green broad beans in a garlicky coriander and extra virgin olive oil sauce.
Ingredients
- 3 kg fresh green broad beans, de-stringed and chopped
- 2 large brown onions
- 1 ½ head of garlic, fresh and minced
- 2 small red chilis (optional)
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 ½ cups fresh coriander, chopped
- 2 cups olive oil extra virgin (EVOO)
- 1 tbsp salt & pepper, to taste
- 2 ½ cups water
Instructions
Preparing green broad beans
- Wash, de-string and cut green broad beans into bite sized pieces
Prepare all veggies
- Peel and dice onion into small pieces
- Peel and crush garlic
- Wash and chop fresh coriander. Getting rid of the tougher stem section. Or measure out frozen chopped coriander.
- Optional - finely chop red chili
Cooking
- In a large pot, heat ½ cup EVOO over high heat and add chilli (optional)
- Add onion and garlic. Sweat until translucent
- Add in ½ cup EVOO
- Stir onions and garlic thoroughly for about 10 minutes and then add another ½ cup EVOO. Repeat stirring and add remaining EVOO
- Add (fresh or frozen) coriander (cilantro) and fry off about 10 minutes
- Add ground coriander and salt & pepper and fry until golden brown
- Add fresh green broad bean and water. Stir all contents through
- Reduce heat to medium and allow broad bean to cook for about 50 minutes until wilted. Stir every 10-15 minutes
- Serve with juice from the bottom of the pot and Lebanese bread