Lobio in a slow cooker - simple, tasty and he althy

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Lobio is popular with Caucasian peoples and is prepared with both green beans and red beans. Very often, greens, various spices are added to it, and sometimes nuts and meat to taste. Lobio in a slow cooker is prepared very simply and quickly enough, and the dish itself will turn out to be hearty, tasty and fragrant.

To cook lobio in a slow cooker you will need:

- onion, 150 grams;

- beans, 400 grams (for faster cooking, you can take canned);

- vegetable oil, 100 grams;

- tomato pasta, 400 grams;

- s alt;

- water, 1 liter;

- a mixture of peppers;

- garlic, 3-5 cloves; - greens, 1 bunch.

The most important step in cooking is the preparation of the beans, they must be thoroughly washed and poured with cold water for 7 hours. After that, it is boiled for an hour over medium heat, then laid out in a slow cooker and poured with a small amount of clean water. In a slow cooker, the beans need to be stewed for about two hours in the “Steaming” mode, after which chopped into half rings andpre-fried onion in butter. Now you need to continue cooking in the "Baking" mode, putting tomato paste, s alt, pepper, lemon juice and herbs in the slow cooker. Next, a little water, spices to taste and finely chopped garlic are added, everything is stewed in the “Stewing” mode for another 20 minutes. After that, your lobio in the slow cooker is ready to serve.

If you want to spice up a standard lobio a little and give the dish a new flavor, you can add some walnuts and pomegranate juice to it. To prepare lobio with nuts, walnut kernels are crushed in a blender and added about 20-30 minutes before being ready, and when served, the dish is decorated with pomegranate seeds and a little pomegranate juice. A new version of the dish with nuts will surprise you with an unusual spicy-sour taste and appetizing aroma.

The recipe for lobio with meat is slightly different from the standard recipe. This recipe uses canned beans, which are much easier to cook, do not require pre-boiling, and do not need to be soaked in water for several hours. First of all, the onion is finely chopped, it is fried in butter until golden brown for 3-5 minutes in the "Baking" multicooker mode. After that, minced meat, 500 grams, is added and fried for another 10 minutes. Next, the meat with onions is laid out, and tomato paste is added, as well as a couple of diced, pre-scalded tomatoes without skins. In addition, canned beans are placed,garlic, chili and herbs. All this languishes in a slow cooker for an hour in the "Heating" mode.

Preparing lobio with green beans is almost the same as the usual recipe, only it uses a different bean that does not need to be pre-boiled like red beans. Also, if you wish, you can add adjika, rather than tomato paste, and a little lemon juice to a dish with green beans for more spice and spiciness.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that the time for stewing beans in a slow cooker can be completely different, it mainly depends on the type of product, so during cooking it is sometimes worth checking the beans for readiness.

Lobio in a slow cooker is a great example of lean cuisine. It can be served at the table both as a full-fledged dish, and as a side dish for some meat dishes. Traditionally, this Caucasian dish is served garnished with greens, with finely chopped onions, along with lavash.