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Chochos (lupini beans) and green bean salad
Chochos (lupini beans) and green bean salad or side dish made with green beans, chocho beans (lupini beans), potato, tomatoes, onions,olive oil, and fresh herbs.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
4
to 6
Course:
Salad, Appetizer
Cuisine:
South American, American, Ecuadorian
Ingredients
- 1 lb. green beans fresh
- 1 potato unpeeled and cut in thin slices
- 1 onion diced, small/medium
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tomato peeled and chopped, small, organic
- 2 tablespoons water
- ½ cup chochos also known as lupini beans, tarwi, altramuz, can also substitute using white cooked beans
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons fresh herbs parsley, mint, oregano, basil
Instructions
- With thin, very young green beans, merely cut them in 2-inch pieces. If the beans are thicker and with more fiber, first cut them in half lengthwise and then in 2-inch pieces.
- In a thick, low pot with a lid, sauté the diced onions in the olive oil until it begins to brown. Add the cut green beans, diced potato, chopped tomatoes, and water. Cover the pot and cook over the lowest heat possible, mixing from time to time until all is cooked (approximately 20 minutes). Add the chochos or lupini beans and cooked until they are heated.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Then stir in the minced herbs you have chosen.
- Can be served warm or room temperature.
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