How to Cook Fresh Green Beans

Name: How to Cook Fresh Green Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 1 pound green beans; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 garlic clove; Juice of ½ lemon; ½ teaspoon lemon zest; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
4
Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
American

How to Cook Fresh Green Beans

Iris Warren

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Serve these blanched green beans or haricots verts as a side dish with lemon and olive oil, or add them to your favorite green bean recipes. Find suggestions in the post above!

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Ingredients

Servings

1 pound green beans stemmed

Optional seasoning:

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove grated
Juice of ½ lemon
½ teaspoon lemon zest
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and set a bowl of ice water nearby. Drop the green beans into the boiling water and blanch for 2 minutes.
Remove the beans and immediately immerse in the ice water long enough to cool completely, about 15 seconds. Drain and place on paper towels to dry.
Use in any recipe that calls for blanched green beans (see suggestions in the blog post above), or simply toss the blanched green beans with the olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper.