Garlic Green Beans

Name: Garlic Green Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh green beans; 2 garlic cloves (whole, peeled); 2 teaspoons olive oil

Submitted by appetizerqueen

"Healthy, tasty, quick green beans. AND garlicy too. Makes a great side dish or a dipping appetizer."

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 3
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 cups fresh green beans
2 garlic cloves (whole, peeled)
2 teaspoons olive oil

directions

Simmer garlic cloves in 4 cups water simmer high 20-30 minutes. (water should smell garlicy).
remove garlic and set aside.
Place beans into water increase to medium high heat and cook beans 5 minutes.
While beans are cooking in water, use a fork to smash the garlic and place garlic into frying pan.
Add olive oil to pan and stir with garlic over medium high heat for 2 minutes.
Add beans to pan and fry for 5 minutes stirring or tossing beans while frying.
Remove beans from pan and serve.
Can be used as an appetizer, dipping beans in some ranch or your favorite dip.

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Reviews

If you like garlic, you will enjoy this recipe. If you LOVE garlic you may be disappointed. I typically double the garlic in every recipe because my house is filled with garlic lovers. On this recipe I added an extra clove to the water. I also added an extra teaspoon of minced garlic to the smashed garlic cloves in the olive oil. Even with all the additions, we felt these only had a mild garlic flavor. We put the garlic pepper seasoning grinder out on the table, everyone single person used it.

whtbxrmom
I tried one of your dessets and it was great, so I decided to try this recipe too. Again, great. What a great way to flavor the water with garlic and soften the garlic at the same time. Very simple and delicious.

chezwhat