Beans
Saw some beans today at the Vietnamese store and with hectic schedule we are happy to have simple food yet healthy. I told M I cook today but it must be something quick and simple. Beans just like I had it when I was growing up in Cebu.
Beans sliced around 1â€
Onions chopped, garlic
I added fresh tomatoes chopped
Chicken breasts – sliced
How to do another quick meal
1)Saute the garlic and onions
2) Brown the sliced chicken breasts.
3)Season of course with soya sauce
4) Add tomatoes
5) Add the beans, cook till beans get soft but not soggy!
I don’t have a rice cooker here in Oslo luckily the copper pot has a good heavy bottom that does not burn the rice.
I don’t exactly know what the English name of this type of beans. In Cebu we call this batong, didn’t get the Norwegian name of this.
Years ago this kind of beans did not exist in Athens, but some Filipino who worked at the green houses for iceberg cabbages started planting this one. Well the Greek owner saw the potential now its widely available in the farmers market in Ambelolikipi area of Athens.
hallo miss Sha, sarap naman ng dinner mo!
That beans, is that “sitaw” in Tagalog?
yumm and healthy too!
Another simple but yummy dish. Mix beaten eggs with beans chopped into small bits and scramble. Add a little salt to taste. Simple and yummy.
Sitaw in Tagalog! You use it in kare-kare, adobong sitaw, pinakbet, etc. Aba, you cooked Pinoy! Hehehe… pahingi!!!
Sha, STRING BEANS nga! 🙂 am so stubborn, I insist haha.
MISS T: yes its string beans I was a bit mixed up earlier with the runner beans which is shorter and fatter!
MANANG CELIA: yes sitaw hirap din laki Visaya no?
STEL: busy to concoct and experiment but wont be long till we adjust and have time again to create.
MAIA: I cooked Pinoy food every now and then with a twist sometimes I dont really follow the rules LOL.M eats Filipino food except daing and balut!
BAYI: you just gave me an idea will try that am off to town tomorrow hopefully will find the same beans
Those look like sitaw, not green string beans… Otherwise known as chinese long beans, yard long beans, snake beans, thai beans, asparagus bean elsewhere in asia. Scientifically I think they are V. unguiculata ssp sesquipedalis… gosh what a mouthful. At any rate, the dish looks delicious!