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Green bean stew in thick sour cream sauce, sprinkled with fresh dill
Creamy green bean stew, with tender beans in a garlic-sour cream sauce

Hungarian Green Bean Stew (Főzelék)

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses
A good 'főzelék' (vegetable stew) is not a floury paste, but a concentration of the vegetable's own flavour in a creamy robe. The soul of green bean stew is the balance of sour (sour cream, vinegar) and sweet (beans, paprika) flavours, completed by garlic and fresh dill. The thickening technique ensures the sauce is silky, not lumpy.
🕒 Prep Time 15 mins
🍳 Cook Time 25 mins
⌛ Total Time 40 mins
🍽️ Servings 5 servings
🔥 Calories 280 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Saucepan
  • Small bowl for thickening
  • Whisk

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Finely chop the onion, clean and chop the green beans. Sauté the onion in oil until translucent, adding the crushed garlic at the end.

Tip: Fry the garlic for only a few moments to release essential oils, but do not burn it.
2 ✓

Remove from heat, stir in the paprika, then immediately add the green beans and enough water to just cover. Salt and cook covered until tender (approx. 15-20 minutes).

Tip: Paprika dissolves in fat but is heat sensitive. Adding water stops it browning further.
3 ✓

Prepare the thickening: mix the sour cream, milk, and flour in a small bowl until lump-free.

Tip: Use a whisk for a smooth texture.
4 ✓

Tempering: ladle some hot cooking liquid into the thickening mixture, stir, then pour this back into the saucepan whilst stirring continuously.

Tip: This warms up the sour cream so the proteins don't shock and curdle in the hot soup (it won't become 'spotty').
5 ✓

Boil together for 1-2 minutes to cook the flour and thicken. Finally, stir in the fresh chopped dill and season with a little sugar or vinegar.

Tip: Add the dill at the end to preserve its fresh flavour.

Recipe FAQ

The sour cream curdled (became spotty). Why?
Lack of tempering. Cold sour cream must not be poured directly into hot food.
Too sour/too sweet.
The stew is 'adjusted' at the end: balance it with sugar or vinegar/lemon.

Ingredients

  • 500 g Green beans (yellow or green, fresh or frozen)
  • 1 head Onion
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Sunflower oil
  • 2 tbsp Plain flour
  • 200 g Sour cream (20%)
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 1 tsp Paprika powder
  • 1 bunch Fresh dill
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sugar or vinegar (to taste at the end)