Community Pick
Fresh Green Beans with Garlic
"Good Beans!! lots of taste"
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried) or 1 tablespoon oregano (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- salt
- cayenne pepper
- hazelnuts (or your favourite)
directions
- Trim beans, boil for 4 or 5 minutes until tender crisp- Drain In a cast iron fry pan or saucepan, melt butter add onion and garlic and cook over medium low heat.
- Stir occasionslly until onion is just tender Stir in beans, tyme salt and cayenne, Heat through.
- Add nuts just before serving.
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Reviews
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5 star all the way. I steamed my beans for abought 3 minutes, set them aside and a few minutes before serving finished the recipe, I had slivered toasted almonds on hand so used those. Not only a tasty recipe but great appearing as well Thanks Derf another do again recipe -
This was remarkably good. I made it with 1/2 T of butter and 1/2 T of olive oil, 1/4 tsp of ground thyme (no fresh on hand) and a sprinkling of Parmesan instead of the cayenne and hazelnuts. My older daughter, who has never met a green vegetable that she liked, actually had THIRDS! -
These green beans were fantastic. I used chopped fresh oregano and about 1/4 c. chopped hazelnuts and a pinch or two of cayenne. Great flavor. Thanks Dorothy.
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Very nice! I plan to try this using diffent nut varieties. This time I used the hazel nuts. Yum YUM !! Thank you ! -
These were some of the best green beans I've ever eaten! I took someone else's suggestion and used almonds. Superb!
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Made these for dinner tonight with fresh ingredients from the farmers market. They smelled fantastic while cooking, but we weren't a fan of the thyme. If I made these again I'd try the oregano. Served with grilled chicken and biscuits with homemade preserves.<br/>UPDATE: I made these again tonight using oregano instead of thyme. We all enjoyed them much better this way. We'll use oregano from now on and double the garlic. I increased the star rating based on our new review! -
This is the best green bean recipe ever. My son, who hates all vegetables, had 2 servings and then came back to make sure I didn't throw the leftovers away. We had guests over for dinner an they raved about them. I toasted the hazlenuts (350 for 10 minutes)...definitely use hazelnuts. Substituted shallots for onions and used fresh thyme. I never knew how to properly cook fresh green beans until now. This will be a staple recipe for my family. I can honestly say I have never been excited about a vegetable side dish before now.
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This is a great recipe! I subbed slivered almonds for the hazelnuts and omitted the cayenne pepper. I used salt pepper & thyme for seasonings in addition to the garlic & onion. Made kind of a Green Bean Almondine dish. very yummy, probably my favorite fresh green bean recipe to date!
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I didn't use any nuts, and this still came out with a great taste. I'll probably add some lemon juice next time and will use oregano instead of thyme. This is a keeper!
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Derf, these were really good! I used almonds instead of hazelnuts. The flavor was perfect! Thanks for posting!
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