A Sunday classic when the family visits. A delicious piece of turkey with green beans and fried potatoes. The golden-brown fried potatoes give this dish an extra festive touch.

How to make turkey with green beans and fried potatoes?

This delicious Sunday classic is not difficult to prepare at all. And everyone will love it. So let's start with the preparations right away:

Preparations

We start with the green beans. We cut off both ends. Then we cut them into pieces of one to two centimeters. Green beans are sometimes called princess beans. And this is of course our Sunday name for these beans.

We finely chop the white onion and the clove of garlic. To do this, we remove the outer tough skin. Then we halve them and cut them into small pieces.

We peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces.

Cooking the turkey with green beans and fried potatoes

We start by boiling, or better yet, steaming the diced potatoes. The smaller pieces don't need much time, and after about ten minutes, they are al dente. Since we will fry them later, they don't need to be overly cooked. The final bit of cooking will happen during frying.

While the potatoes are cooking, we can heat some oil in a pot for the beans. We sauté the garlic and onion in it for a minute. Then we add the finely chopped beans. We let them stew for a few minutes. Then we deglaze this with a bit of white wine. Let it reduce and evaporate. Then add the diced tomatoes and spices and mix everything well. Let this simmer gently until the rest is ready.

Heat some butter in a pan and fry the potatoes over medium-high heat. Stir them regularly so that all sides get a nice crispy brown edge.

Now it's time to season the turkey fillet on both sides with pepper and salt. Then heat some butter in a pan and fry the turkey fillet on both sides until it is cooked through and golden brown.

Finally, it's time to plate. Divide the green beans and the fried potatoes over the plates. Place the turkey fillet partially on top and serve.

About green beans

Anyone who thought that green beans are typical local vegetables from Western Europe is mistaken. Like the potato, they are imported from South America, specifically Peru. They were brought to Europe by the first explorers in the 16th century.

On Sundays, we use the elongated pod. On other weekdays, we also use the rougher curved variant. We prefer to eat green beans stewed with the pod. Yellow wax beans are actually overgrown green beans that turn yellow as they grow larger.

Read more about green beans in the following articles:

More surprising.beans

Beans are very healthy. They also contain a lot of proteins and are therefore good meat substitutes. Think, for example, of soybeans from which tofu is made. You can find more bean inspiration in the following articles:

If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.