Papou's Fasoverakia (green Beans)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs fresh green beans, whole and not french-ed
• 2 large sweet onions, cut into thick 1/2-inch slices
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced very thin
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sea salt, add more as needed to taste
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 use a large stock pot or dutch oven, sautee onions over medium heat with the salt and pepper in 1/4 cup olive oil until onions just begin to soften- about 2-3 minutes.
• 2 add garlic and potatoes and stir. add the tomato sauce and water. add the green beans last, stir all together until well mixed. drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil on top.
• 3 cook over medium -low heat, stirring every 15 minutes or so, until potatoes are fork tender and beans are soft. add additional salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 this usually takes and hour and a half but i often lower the heat and leave the beans on for 2+ hours.
• 5 the beans are even better the next day- get out your bread, load up a bowl and enjoy yourself! kali orexi!