Simple Stove Top Fresh Green Beans with Almonds

Fresh green beans with almonds, very nice. An easy one pan stove top side dish that will go great with almost any meal. No blanching or ice water here. Just saute, steam a little and finish all in one pan.

Adapted from a Cooks Illustrated method, you first saute the beans then add water and cover to eventually steam them for a few minutes then finish by browning in some butter and garlic. Very simple with great results. While I love Cooks Illustrated, they are frequently over board on complexity and ingredients that are not everyday friendly. This technique can be your everyday go to green bean method.

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An easy way to make very nice green beans.

Notes: the original recipe had smoke paprika so I put that in as an option. Add a little lemon or bacon. Everything is better with bacon.

Start with cleaning and slicing about 1 pound of green beans into 2 inch pieces.

Over medium high heat toast 1/4 cup of almonds until browning some (about 2-3 minutes).

Remove almonds and add 1 teaspoon olive oil to the pan and heat over medium heat until hot the add the trimmed beans. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Saute until getting some spots of brown, about 5 minutes.

Add 1/4 cup water and cover. Cook about 2 minutes but stop while the beans are still bright green and crisp. Remove lid and increase heat to high. Cook off the water. About 1 minute.

Add 1 tablespoon butter, 3 cloves of crushed garlic and 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional). Cook until light brown and starting to wrinkle. About 2-3 minutes.

Remove to serving bowl and toss with the almonds.

Simple Stove Top Green Beans with Almonds

Fresh green beans with almonds, very nice. An easy one pan stove top side dish that will go great with almost any meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound green beans cleaned and trimmed to about 2 inches
  • 1/4 cup almonds
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed or minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)

Instructions

  1. Start with cleaning and slicing about 1 pound of green beans into 2 inch pieces.
  2. Over medium high heat toast 1/4 cup of almonds until browning some (about 2-3 minutes).
  3. Remove almonds and add 1 teaspoon olive oil to the pan and heat over medium heat until hot the add the trimmed beans. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Saute until getting some spots of brown, about 5 minutes.
  4. Add 1/4 cup water and cover. Cook about 2 minutes but stop while the beans are still bright green and crisp. Remove lid and increase heat to high. Cook off the water. About 1 minute.
  5. Add 1 tablespoon butter, 3 cloves of crushed garlic and 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional). Cook until light brown and starting to wrinkle. About 2-3 minutes.
  6. Remove to serving bowl and toss with the almonds.

Notes

I cooked this for 4 (l like fresh green beans) but really cutting in half for two works well. But use the same amount of water to do the steaming part.

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From DrDan at 101 Cooking For Two

Updated April 4 2014

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