Many housewives are engaged in canning vegetables for the winter. These include Korean salads, lecho, sauces, as well as a traditional Georgian dish called lobio. The main ingredient of this incredibly tasty salad is green beans.
Lobio recipe with bell pepper
As mentioned earlier, lobio is a traditional salad recipe from Georgian cuisine. It can be served not only as a side dish to main dishes, but also as an independent dish. And if you heat up green bean lobio, you get a delicious vegetable stew.
Required ingredients:
- Black Eyed Peas;
- 1 kg of bell pepper (it is better to take red varieties);
- 3 large carrots;
- 3 kg of medium-sized tomatoes (you can use sour tomatoes);
- 100 ml vegetable oil (you can also take olive oil);
- 50 grams of table salt;
- 355 grams of granulated sugar;
- 65 ml acetic acid.
To prepare red bean lobio:
Wash the beans thoroughly in cold water, then place them in a saucepan and boil in salted water until fully cooked (they should be soft). Carefully peel the sweet pepper from the stalk and cut out the core with seeds. Cut it into thin strips or small cubes.
Peel the carrots thoroughly and grate them. Cut the tomatoes in half, soak in boiling water for 3 minutes, and then grind in a mixer.
Place all cooked vegetables in a large saucepan, add salt, sugar and butter. After this, put the bean lobio for the winter on medium heat. When the salad boils, it must be cooked for another half hour over low heat.
15 minutes before complete readiness, pour acetic acid into the salad. Sterilize the jars, put the salad in them and roll them up. Cover the jars with a warm cloth and wait until they cool to room temperature. Place in a cold room.
Classic lobio recipe
The classic recipe for this salad includes red beans. Preparing food for the winter is quite simple. Many recipes include beans, but most often, they are not the main ingredient, unlike lobio. You can also put a lot of different greens into the Georgian appetizer. It could be mint, cilantro, hyssop, marjoram or oregano. This will only make the snack taste better.
Required ingredients:
- 2.5 kg of beans in pods;
- 2 kg of tomatoes (preferably red or pink varieties);
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tbsp. l. salt;
- 3.5 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
- 2 small onions;
- A few sprigs of purple basil;
- Black pepper (preferably ground);
- Caraway;
- Saffron;
- Paprika.
How to cook lobio with vegetables:
Preserve the salad as follows: boil the beans until tender. Chop the onion and fry until it turns golden brown. Place the tomatoes in a saucepan, add cold water and cook for 7 minutes. Then remove the skin from them and cut into large slices, add to the onion. Simmer for another 15 minutes.
Peel the garlic and crush it with a knife. Place it in the tomatoes. Then add beans, sugar and salt. Simmer for half an hour. At the end of cooking, add finely chopped basil, pepper, paprika, saffron and cumin.
When the workpiece is ready, it can be placed in jars and sealed with a metal lid. Pickled vegetables are ideal as a side dish for meat.
How to cook lobio for the winter with broth
Lobio recipes come in various versions, but if you add broth to it, the taste will be very unusual. Canning French beans in a tomato for the winter with the addition of broth takes no more than one hour. How to prepare a recipe for preserving lobio for the winter?
Required ingredients:
- 3 kg French beans;
- 2 kg of ripe large tomatoes;
- 250 butter (you can use lamb);
- 3 large onions;
- 2 tbsp. l. coarse salts;
- A bunch of fresh dill;
- A sprig of lemon balm;
- Fresh cilantro;
- Parsley;
- 1 head of garlic;
- 1 liter of broth;
- Ground black pepper.
Method for preparing Georgian appetizer with tomatoes:
Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Rinse the beans under running water and boil, place in a large saucepan.Then add butter to it (it should be melted first), finely chopped onions, garlic and black pepper. Salt and add herbs.
Cut the tomatoes into cubes. Place them in the beans, pour broth over everything and simmer for half an hour. When the salad is ready, you can put it in jars. Wait until they cool to room temperature. Then you can put them in the basement.
When preparing snacks, you can use any spices and herbs. Before eating, Georgian salad can be warmed up and topped with eggs.
