Haricot Vert - French Green Beans With Garlic and Sliced Almonds

Rita~'s Note:

This side or I would eat this as a snack. It has a garlicy, crisp, squeaky bite to it! Tossed with almonds. Use tender, young, thin beans.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb French style green bean, rinsed and microwaved for 4 minutes
• 2 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/8-1/4 cup water or 1/8-1/4 cup chicken broth
• coarse sea salt, to season
• pepper (to season)

Directions:

1. In a large pan over medium high heat, heat oil adding almonds and toss till for 1 minute add garlic to lightly brown add beans and water or broth cover for 5 minutes on low heat.
2. Season with salt and pepper.

Reviews

[adamwa]

this is a great quick side, easy to make while your main dish is in the oven or on the grill. just be careful not to burn the garlic or it will be bitter! ive also used wine when i don't have broth if i want a little more flavor than water. Tastes great! And don't skip the almonds! I now buy slivered almonds just for this recipe but have found in a pinch crushing up some whole almonds works ok too.

[Maito]

Simple combination, but works really well together. I cut the oil back to a half tablespoon and omitted the liquid. I loved how garlic-y these were!

[Acadia*]

I loved this recipe! I actually didn't use haricot verts as my grocery store didn't have them so I just used regular green beans. I will be making this again and again! Thanks for posting. Made for the casual Veg N swap tag for December 2011.