Name: Egyptian Breakfast Beans (Ful Medames)
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Ingredients: 1½ pounds dried fava beans, soaked for 8 to 10 hours; 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced small; 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; Zest and juice of 1 lemon; Sea salt; 1 lemon, quartered

Ready In: 2 hours 15 minutes
Makes 4 servings
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This traditional Egyptian breakfast (pronounced fool mudammis) is almost always made with dried fava beans. They need to soak at least 8 hours before cooking, so start this dish the day before you want to serve it, to let the beans soak overnight. Ful Medames is usually served with pita bread and a fried egg, but take some liberty and serve it over brown rice with fresh lemon instead.

From Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook

By Del Sroufe, Jan 20, 2016

Ingredients

1½ pounds dried fava beans, soaked for 8 to 10 hours
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced small
4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Sea salt
1 lemon, quartered

Instructions

Drain and rinse the beans and add them to a large pot. Cover with 4 inches of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and cook until the beans are tender, 1½ to 2 hours.
While the beans are cooking, sauté the onion in a medium skillet or saucepan over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until it is tender and starting to brown. Add the garlic, cumin, and lemon zest and juice and cook for 5 minutes longer. Set aside.
When the beans are fully cooked, drain all but ½ cup of the liquid from the pot and add the onion mixture to the beans. Mix well and season with salt to taste. Serve garnished with the lemon quarters.

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Karen10 months ago

This is our favorite breakfast bean recipe. We like to put all of the ingredients into the Instant Pot and we cook the beans between 35 to 40 minutes on high pressure in the Instant Pot. We often use the Instant Pot delay feature to have the beans ready for us when we wake up in the morning.

Thanks so much for posting the recipe online!

John1 week ago

I really love this idea but so many questions. Do you soak the beans first? If you use the delay function do you adjust the time or is it still 35-40 minutes? I’d like to think soak the beans, setting the delay timer for the amount of time for soaked beans. Do you add the onion and all of the spices with the beans as they soak?

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Del Sroufe

Chef Del Sroufe is co-owner and executive chef of Wellness Forum Foods, a whole-food, plant-based meal delivery and catering service in Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook and Better Than Vegan. Del teaches cooking classes and helps people transition to a healthy plant-based diet.

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