This hidden bell pepper bean stew is easy and customizeable! It’s satiating, good for meal prep, and a good way to wash out the fridge.
Bell Peppers for Haters
I’ve come to phrases with the truth that my household is simply filled with bell pepper haters. However since bell peppers are such a nutrient-dense meals, I’ve to be extra inventive about incorporating it into dishes whereas eradicating the feel that my household hates.
And whereas mixing bell peppers and onions could not appear that inventive, nevertheless it provides such a light-weight and flavourful sauce that enhances the creamy beans so nicely. Be happy so as to add extra liquid if you need it to be a thinner sauce, or when you identical to a thick stew, hold the recipe as is!
Ingredient Swap Concepts
The seasonings for this stew lie between a curry and a chili stew. Be happy to play with no matter spices you want. Since I usually have inexperienced herbs to make use of up as nicely, I’ll base my spices on the greens. Cilantro and cumin are all the time good pairs. Parsley and garlic powder work properly collectively. And further paprika to go together with the bell peppers simply is sensible to me. Extra pepper per pepper y’know?
As a result of the sauce for this bean stew is mixed, you’ll be able to incorporate different veggies as nicely. Roasted eggplant or zucchini would additionally work extremely nicely to make a light-weight and creamy sauce. Roasted garlic and roasted tomatoes would even be unimaginable! However I not often have the motivation or time to preheat the oven not to mention look ahead to the veggies to cook dinner.
There are a variety of potentialities right here to wash out your pantry and incorporate additional vitamins into this bean stew if you need. And that is such a flexible dish to serve in a mess of the way. Eat it with some crusty toasted sourdough, get pleasure from with rice, or over baked potatoes or candy potatoes too.
For protein, I’ve been utilizing no matter vegan mince I’ve obtainable. I’ll ceaselessly miss the now-discontinued Yves, however I’ve been utilizing the Gusta floor spherical currently, and it holds up fairly nicely. Gardein frozen floor can be all the time well-received, simply costlier, and Past and Inconceivable are favourites in our home as nicely. Should you desire to not use a vegan mince, shredded tofu that’s been baked to present it chewier texture may even be good.
Should you desire to make use of canned beans on this bean stew, be at liberty to take action! I discover home-cooked beans is cheaper and creamier than canned if I’ve the time to cook dinner it.
Hidden Bell Pepper Bean Stew
A vegan meat and bean stew in a thick, flavourful sauce produced from blended veggies.
Servings: 8
Elements
To cook dinner dried beans
- 1 cup dried romano beans
- 1 tbsp desk salt
- 4 cups water
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 medium onion, peeled
For the stew
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 2 massive bell peppers inexperienced, orange, purple, does not matter
- 1 medium onion, diced purple, yellow, white, does not matter
- 1 can (156 mL/5.5 oz) tomato paste
- 1 tbsp floor smoked paprika
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp floor cumin
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp bouillion paste focus
- 1 lb vegan floor meat I used Gusta. Use a gluten-free one if GF.
- 1/2 cup liquid from cooking beans
- 1 cup finely chopped cilantro each leaf and stem
- 1/2 cup cooked rice to serve with every portion of stew
Directions
Put together the beans
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Soak the dried romano beans in loads of water (I used a 1 L deli container) with 1 tbsp of desk salt for at the least 8 hours till utterly rehydrated
1 cup dried romano beans, 1 tbsp desk salt
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Drain the beans, and add to a strain cooker with 4 cups (1L) water, half an onion, and bay leaves. Cook dinner for 10 minutes (I used the Bean setting) and permit to naturally launch.
4 cups water, 2 bay leaves, 1 medium onion, peeled
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Take away the onion from the beans and put aside to be blended into the sauce.
To make the stew
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In a large pot (I used a braiser), cook dinner the bell peppers and onion in cooking oil till softened, and flippantly caramelized.
2 tbsp cooking oil, 2 massive bell peppers, 1 medium onion, diced
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Add 1 can of tomato paste and stir to cook dinner the paste a bit, about 2-3 minutes.
1 can (156 mL/5.5 oz) tomato paste
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Add floor paprika, onion powder, floor cumin, and kosher salt. Stir to cook dinner by way of barely, after which combine nicely.
1 tbsp floor smoked paprika, 2 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp floor cumin, 1 tsp kosher salt
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Take away all the pieces from the pan and switch to a blender or a container with the reserved onion (from the beans) and 1 tsp of veggie bouillion paste. Mix all the pieces till nicely pureed. If you’ll want to, add a little bit of liquid from cooking the beans to loosen the sauce.
1 tsp bouillion paste focus
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In the identical cooking vessel, cook dinner the vegan floor mince till heated by way of. If it is sticking to the underside, be at liberty so as to add a bit extra cooking oil. I had sufficient residual oil from the onion and peppers that I did not want it.
1 lb vegan floor meat
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Add within the cooked beans, the blended veggie combination, and 1/2 cup of the liquid from the cooked beans to the pan and stir nicely to mix. Cowl and let simmer to let the flavours mingle, about 10 minutes.
1/2 cup liquid from cooking beans
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Stir in cilantro on the finish, and serve with rice! I take advantage of a blended rice of brown rice, white rice, and quinoa.
1 cup finely chopped cilantro, 1/2 cup cooked rice to serve with every portion of stew
