Green Beans Amandine
photo by Boo Chef in West Te
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 59.14-118.29 ml water
- 473.18 ml frozen French style green beans (Trader Joe's Haricot Verts are the best)
- 22.18 ml salted butter
- 14.79-29.58 ml slivered almonds
- 1 lemon, juice of (of about 1/2 a lemon)
- salt and pepper
directions
- In the saucepan of a double boiler, boil the water.
- Place the green beans in the colander of the double boiler and place over the saucepan. Cover with a lid and allow to steam for approximately 3-5 minutes, or until beans are near tender crisp.
- Remove the colander and set aside. Dump the water out of the saucepan and add the butter over very low heat.
- Add the almonds when butter is melted and saute until they are slightly brown.
- Toss the green beans into the mixture. Squeeze lemon juice over beans and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook another minute until heated throw. Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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This was a very nice side dish. I slivered my own almonds (ok so they were a little chunky, but I tried) and use Trader Joe's Haricots Vert, I added extra fresh lemon juice and a good sprinkling of pepper and Kosher salt at the end. Thank you KissKiss for sharing your recipe, made for ZWT 5 by one of the Cooks With Dirty Faces
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KissKiss
United States