Chicken & Green Bean Stew
This recipe is from a good friend and sparked my interest not only for the inexpensive chicken, but for the green beans! We have yard beans (also called long beans) and they are very inexpensive to buy. It is a basic meal to which you can add any vegetable other than beans if you wish. Yard beans are relatively cheap, and therefore makes for a very economical dish.
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 300 grams yard beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons onion soup powder mix, OR make from a shortcut
Instructions
- In a large pan, heat oil and fry chicken strips until lightly browned. Remove and set aside.
- Same pan, fry onions and peppers with curry powder until soft, add yard beans, chicken, and water, allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Mix the soup powder with a little water to form a smooth paste and stir into the stew then allow to simmer until thickened.
- Serve with boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice.
Notes
Chicken breast run about 87 Baht per kilo, 6 breast is probably 150 baht or less. Yard beans are something like 15 Baht a bunch, bell peppers can be found for cheap as well. Easily $1 or less per serving for 6 meals.
Shortcut: Onion Soup Mix.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Denise Georgiades.
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It makes me want to get a chest freezer more and more.
The only problem with Long Beans is that they are so cheap it’s difficult to just buy a few. They usually come in bunches that are way bigger than I really need. They are, however, very tasty.