Name: Green Beans and Shallots
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 bulbs shallots; 1/4 cup olive oil; kosher salt; 6 cups green beans

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Recipe by Gay Gilmore

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This is a very simple side dish, that has lots of flavor. I like to serve it in the fall in winter because it seems light and fresh and still well-balanced with creamy sides. I made it up all on my own ;-)

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Peel and slice the shallots thinly.
Heat a sauce pan over medium heat and put the olive oil and shallots in the pan.
Saute the shallots until caramelized, maybe 20 minutes.
You can prepare this far ahead of time.
Take the stems off the beans but otherwise leave whole.
Steam them briefly until just tender but still crisp.
Toss the beans with the shallots and oil and season with salt and serve.

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review by onecoolbarbie

2/9/2010

I just had this as a side dish for dinner. I can still taste it. Yummy! I did add some butter to the olive oil. I made it with Bacon Wrapped Chicken #79944. All three of us loved this and the flavors went so well together we were in heaven! My husband loved this recipe I will be making it a lot. Thank you for posting.

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review by esfahlgren

11/27/2009

Great recipe for dolling up green beans.

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review by cavedweller

11/5/2009

Great side dish. I used fresh sahllots from the farmers market and steamed frozen green beans. Dear Hubby loved it and said it had to go on the Thanksgiving menu.

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review by Chicagoland Chef du

9/14/2008

WOW, who knew there was a recipe. Thanks for posting it! I make this all the time and just discovered the beauty of using shallots vs. garlic and green onion. A far superior taste. This is a fantastic recipe. I prefer using fresh haricots to frozen green beans. The frozen seem to turn out waterlogged. Once in a while I throw in fresh or canned diced tomatoes.

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review by TOOLBELT DIVA

10/12/2005

Green Beans and Shallots was my mother's favourite way to serve fresh beans from her garden, and I am glad she did, for it gave me a taste for good things. Sometimes we would enjoy these beans with pearl onions, sometimes with cooked mushrooms, sometimes with all three. Whichever way one prefers, I am happy to share. After steaming the green beans, I added them to the shallots and continued to saute in the olive oil. It was a lovely "insaporira" of flavours.

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