White beans with vegetables
Dish: Starter
Quantity: 4
White beans with vegetables is a very traditional, economical and nutritious dish, also its preparation is very simple and the result is a delight, can be prepared both in express pot as in traditional pot, the difference is in the cooking time, if we make them in express pot as is the case of today's recipe, in just 20 minutes we will have them ready and if we make them in traditional pot, it will take approximately 1 hour and a half of cooking.
One of the important steps that we must do when preparing beans with vegetables, is that we must leave the beans to soak from the night before, to do this, we place the beans in a large bowl and add enough water to cover at least 4 fingers above, this will make the beans soften and thus we will be more tender.
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Ingredients
- 300 g / 10.6 oz / 0.66 lb white beans (soaked for at least 12 hours, reserve water)
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 chopped leek
- 1 green bell pepper cut into small squares
- 1 red bell pepper cut into small squares
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 liter of water (we will use the same water where the beans were soaked)
- Olive oil
- Salt to taste
How To Make It
Step 1: We begin the preparation of our white beans with vegetables, for this, in an express pot with a little olive oil and medium heat, add the onion, garlic, leek and let cook for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Add the red bell pepper and green bell pepper and cook for 5 minutes, then add the tomato and cook for 4 more minutes.
Step 3: Add the beans and stir, then add the sweet paprika and stir again, then add the water, the bay leaf, cover our pressure cooker and when we hear the hissing sound it emits, lower the heat a little and let it cook for 20 minutes.
Step 4: After 20 minutes, turn off the heat, wait for the pressure cooker to release all the steam, remove the lid, add salt, stir and our delicious beans with vegetables are ready.
Tips To Prepare It
For this recipe of white beans with vegetables, use quality beans, a better result will depend on it.
As for the vegetables we can always add the ones we like the most, such as onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, garlic, among others, and if we want these beans to be a more complete dish, we can also add potatoes or carrots.
This recipe of beans with vegetables you can prepare it in express pot or in traditional pot, what will make the difference, will be the cooking time, being in express pot 20 minutes and in traditional pot 1 hour and a half.
You can prepare this recipe of white beans using water or meat or vegetable broth.
What can we accompany this recipe with?
The beans with vegetables are a very complete and satiating dish, you can accompany them with a light salad as a starter.
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