string bean provencal

Categories: Vegetable; Side dish
Yield: 12 servings

Measure	Ingredient
1 tablespoon	Olive oil
4 mediums	Onions, chopped
4	Garlic cloves, chopped
28 ounces	Plum tomatoes in thick puree
2 teaspoons	Leaf thyme, crumbled
2 teaspoons	Sugar
¼ teaspoon	Salt
¼ teaspoon	Ground black pepper
2 pounds	String beans, trimmed and
	Halved

1>. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, covered, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until softened.

Add tomatoes, thyme, sugar, salt and pepper, breaking tomatoes with back of spoon. Stir in the string beans. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 25 to 35 minutes or until beans are tender.