Green Beans with Pine Nuts and Basil

Submitted by Bev I Am

"This makes a scrumptious addition to any meal."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 1⁄2 lbs green beans, trimmed halved diagonally
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 3⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil

directions

1. Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp tender, about 6 minutes.
2. Drain.
3. Place beans in large bowl of ice water to cool quickly.
4. Drain well.
5. (Can be made one day ahead. Wrap beans in paper towels, then plastic bags, and chill).
6. Heat oil in large pot over medium high heat.
7. Add garlic; stir 30 seconds.
8. Add beans; saute until heated through, about 8 minutes.
9. Add pine nuts and basil; stir 2 minutes.
10. Season with salt and pepper.
11. Makes 12 servings.

Reviews

[chia2160]

this is just too easy and delicious. and quick. i cook my beans 3- 5 minutes on hi in the micro.with aprox 2 tbsp water/lb. they come out crisp tender for this recipe i used 2 lbs, cooked them and then i followed your recipe, so we had lots of nuts and basil. fresh ground pepper tableside, so good, thanks bev

 

[bfo4007]

a nice quick and easy way to spice up boring green beans

 

[MaggieB]

Very nice and different. I thought it might be too basily but it wasn't, it was just right. My father and brother liked them too.

 

[WJKing]

Thanks, Bev for an interesting recipe....love those pine nuts! I substituted some of my home-canned green beans, which allowed me to just start at step #6 (after toasting the pine nuts in oil)- so this really was a VERY quick recipe to prepare. We enjoyed the mixture of flavors - never had a dish like this one....and will likely make it again. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Just Call Me Martha]

Bev, this is wonderful! The basil is a great flavour with the green beans and the pine nuts add a nice little crunch. The only thing I did differently was add about 1 tsp of butter to the olive oil and garlic. Excellent.