Spanish String Beans

Ingredients

• one medium-sized onion
• one tablespoon lard
• one-half can tomatoes
• one and one-half pounds string beans
• salt and a little sugar to counteract acidity of tomatoes

Method

1. 1

   Chop onion finely and fry in lard.

2. 2

   Add tomatoes and cook briefly.

3. 3

   Prepare string beans, add to the mixture, and cook for fifteen minutes.

4. 4

   Add enough water for boiling until beans are tender and water is reduced.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one-half can tomatoes, about six or eight red chili peppers that have been cleaned, and part of the veins removed, unless one likes them very "hot;" put them on in water and let boil a few minutes, then scrape off the red jelly-like chili from the tough skin, and add with the onions and tomatoes to the beans. Let all boil several hours until very soft, stirring frequently to prevent burning. NO. 49. SPANISH STRING BEANS. Miss K. M. Philips, 1235 West Seventh street, Los Angeles. — Chop one medium-sized onion very fine. Frv in one tablespoon lard. Add one- half can tomatoes; cook a little. Season with chili pepper, salt and a little sugar to counter- act acidity of tomatoes. Prepare one and one- half pounds string bean

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