Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit (Vegan Green Broad Beans)

Name: Foul Bi Zeit (Green Broad Beans)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Ingredients: 3 kg Fresh Green Broad Beans (de-stringed and chopped); 2 large brown onions (diced); 1½ head Garlic (fresh and minced); 2 sml Red chilli (Optional); 1 tbsp Ground Coriander; 1½ cups Fresh coriander (chopped); 2 cups Olive oil (Extra virgin); 1 tbsp Salt & Pepper (to taste); 2½ cups Water

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Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit is a popular Lebanese recipe of fresh green broad beans in a garlicky coriander and extra virgin olive oil sauce.

Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit Lebanese Green Broad Beans

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🥘 Ingredients
🔪Cooking Instructions
💭Recipe Tips
💡Recipe Variations
⏲️Cooking Time
❓FAQ
Foul Bi Zeit (Green Broad Beans)

Every year without fail, mum grows broad beans aka fava beans in her garden. It's an abundant plant, harvesting is so much fun as we get several kilos from it.

I love being able to pick the fresh green broad beans straight from the plant and munching on them.

As you can see from the below video, the green fava beans were freshly harvested to make this Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit and transformed into a meal of garlicky & coriander green broad bean deliciousness.

My mum has been quite pleased with the fact that I am sharing recipes with the world, and she would like to join in on the fun.

So I agreed with her that every Friday we would cook together and I would share them via Plant Based Folk and all the attached social media.

This is the first recipe with her featuring in video.

Foul akhdar bi Zeit is a simple Lebanese meal and is also prepared across the mediterranean.

Foul is the arabic word for broad bean/fava bean. Akhdar translates to 'green' and bi zeit means 'in olive oil'. This green broad bean dish is accidentally vegan and gluten free.

Foul is pronounced as "fool" in English and may also be seen written in menus as 'ful'. In our Lebanese diet, foul is eaten both fresh and raw.

Let's learn how to cook green broad bean

🥘 Ingredients

3 kg Fresh Green Broad Beans de-stringed and chopped
2 large brown onions diced
1½ head Garlic fresh and minced
2 sml Red chilli Optional
1 tbsp Ground Coriander
1½ cups Fresh coriander chopped
2 cups Olive oil* Extra virgin
1 tbsp Salt & Pepper to taste
2½ cups Water

🔪Cooking Instructions

Mise En Place

Step one - Measure out all ingredients

Preparing Green Broad Beans

Step two - Wash, de-string and cut green broad beans into bite sized pieces

Prepare all veggies

Step three - Peel and dice onion into small pieces
Step four - Peel and crush garlic
Step five - Wash and chop fresh coriander. Getting rid of the tougher stem section. Or measure out frozen chopped coriander.
Step six - Optional - finely chop red chilli

Cooking

Step seven - In a large pot, heat ½ cup EVOO over high heat and add chilli (optional)

Step eight - Add onion and garlic. Sweat until translucent

Step nine - Add in ½ cup EVOO

Step 10 - Stir onions and garlic thoroughly for about 10 minutes and then add another ½ cup EVOO. Repeat stirring and add remaining EVOO

Step 11 - Add (fresh or frozen) coriander (cilantro) and fry off about 10 minutes

Step 12 - Add ground coriander and salt & pepper and fry until golden brown

Step 13 - Add fresh green broad bean and water. Stir all contents through

Step 14 - Reduce heat to medium and allow broad bean to cook for about 50 minutes until wilted. Stir every 10-15 minutes.

Step 15 - Serve with juice from the bottom of the pot and Lebanese bread

💭Recipe Tips

Prepare the fresh broad beans right before you start cooking as the cut areas will turn black if prepared too in advanced. This is part of their bruising process.

De-stringing broad beans is important, as it's unpleasant eating bean string

If you like lemon, add a squeeze of lemon at the end when serving

💡Recipe Variations

Frozen green broad beans can be used instead

⏲️Cooking Time

There are two parts to cooking foul akhdar bi zeit

Sweating the onion, garlic and coriander - this takes about 15-20 minutes on high heat
Stewing the green broad beans - this takes approximately 50 minutes on low-medium heat

green broad beans in olive oil in a white plate

❓FAQ

Can you eat broad bean raw?

Yes, raw and fresh broad bean are a pale green colour and are sweet to eat

Can you eat broad bean pods?

Yes, these broad bean pods are sweet when eat raw. Broad bean pods can also be cooked.

Is broad bean the same as fava beans?

Yes, these are the same beans formally known as vicia faba. They have several other names such as faba beans, horse beans, bell bean and windsor bean.

If you are looking for a dry fava beans recipe, try my inviting and creamy foul moudamas.

Or another delicious Lebanese bean recipe is Loubieh Bi Zeit

Foul Bi Zeit (Green Broad Beans)

Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit is a popular Lebanese recipe of fresh green broad beans in a garlicky coriander and extra virgin olive oil sauce.

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Course: main, side

Cuisine: Lebanese

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings: servings

Author: Janelle Hama

Ingredients

3 kg Fresh Green Broad Beans de-stringed and chopped
2 large brown onions diced
1½ head Garlic fresh and minced
2 sml Red chilli Optional
1 tablespoon Ground Coriander
1½ cups Fresh coriander chopped
2 cups Olive oil Extra virgin
1 tablespoon Salt & Pepper to taste
2½ cups Water

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Preparing Green Broad Beans

Wash, de-string and cut green broad beans into bite sized pieces

Prepare all veggies

Peel and dice onion into small pieces
Peel and crush garlic
Wash and chop fresh coriander. Getting rid of the tougher stem section. Or measure out frozen chopped coriander.
Optional - finely chop red chilli

Cooking

In a large pot, heat ½ cup EVOO over high heat and add chilli (optional)
Add onion and garlic. Sweat until translucent
Add in ½ cup EVOO
Stir onions and garlic thoroughly for about 10 minutes and then add another ½ cup EVOO. Repeat stirring and add remaining EVOO
Add (fresh or frozen) coriander (cilantro) and fry off about 10 minutes
Add ground coriander and salt & pepper and fry until golden brown
Add fresh green broad bean and water. Stir all contents through
Reduce heat to medium and allow broad bean to cook for about 50 minutes until wilted. Stir every 10-15 minutes.
Serve with juice from the bottom of the pot and Lebanese bread

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Equipment

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Nutrition

N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.

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Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit (Vegan Green Broad Beans)

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