Author Notes
Adapted from "Green Beans in Tomato Sauce" in Myra Waldo, The Slenderella Cook Book (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957), 166.
This recipe makes enough for eight, but all the sauce can be made several days in advance and then used as needed. —Lauren Hairston
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon
olive oil
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1
onion, diced
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1
garlic clove, minced
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28 ounces
can chopped tomatoes
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1 teaspoon
sea salt
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1/4 teaspoon
pepper
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1/4 teaspoon
dried oregano
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1
bay leaf
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3 pounds
green beans, topped and tailed
Directions
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For the tomato sauce, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add the onion and sauté for 5 minutes, being sure to not let the onions brown (turn down heat if necessary). Add garlic and sauté another minute then stir in the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano and bay leaf. Bring sauce to a boil then turn down to a simmer and cook 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally and adjusting heat if necessary. You can do this up to several days before you make the green beans. Discard bay leaf.
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To cook the green beans, bring the sauce up to a boil over high heat in a large saucepan or stock pot, add the green beans and cover, cooking 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pot. If you need to fix this for less than eight people, make all the tomato sauce and store in individual containers then cook with green beans, as needed.
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