Green Beans in Olive Oil

threeovens's Note:

A simple, straight-forward way to serve green beans as a side dish. This is a good choice for a cold dish at a buffet.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 portions

• 1 lb green beans, trimmed, washed, drained, and cut into thirds
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 cup water (or more)

Directions:

1. Place onions and tomatoes in a saucepan. Sprinkle with salt and stir gently. Add green beans, olive oil and sugar; stir. Cover and cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes until beans are softened. Once the liquid has been absorbed, stir fry a couple of minutes. Add 1/2 cup water, cover, and simmer 40 minutes until beans are tender. The beans will be moist, but not watery.
2. Serve cold or room temperature.

Reviews

[misdanrs]

This is very good. I served it with baked salmon and baked potato. I used frozen whole green beans and only used 1/2 cup of water. Forgot to add the sugar. Cooked only 15 minutes or so. Turned out perfect!