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Kuru Fasulye

Kuru Fasulye

Course Main Course
Cuisine Turkish
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Soak the white beans over night. 12 hours
Servings 6
Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white beans
  • 250 gr diced lamb (boneless)
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled and sliced
  • 2 long green peppers sliced
  • 2 tomatoes peeled and chopped
  • 6 cups hot water
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp tomatoe paste
  • 1 tbsp pepper paste
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Soak the white beans overnight (12 hours)

  2. Put terracotta (clay) cooking pot into the oven and pre-heat the oven to 170C (340F)

  3. Rinse the beans well and put the rinsed white beans into a saucepan and add enough water to cover the top of the beans and boil for about 35 minutes until they are just starting to become tender. Drain and put it aside.

  4. Put the butter, diced onions, sliced garlic cloves, long green peppers into a saucepan and cook until onions have a golden color. And then add the lamb cubes and saute until lamb cubes have brown color (about 5-8 minutes).

  5. Add the peeled and chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, pepper paste, black pepper, salt and stir them well for about 5 minutes. Add the rinsed white beans and stir them all well. Make sure they all mix well and then close the heat and set the saucepan aside.

  6. Take out the heated terracotta (clay) cooking pot from the oven and put the white beans with lamb mix inside the terracotta (clay) cooking pot and then add 6 cups of hot water into the clay pot and stir and then close the terracotta (clay) pot lid. Put the clay pot back in the oven and close the oven door. Cook 1 hour.

  7. Serve.

Recipe Notes

Tip: Serve it with Pilaf, Cacık, and Pickles