Garlic Green Beans

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Garlic green beans is an easy side dish that works perfectly for a family meal.

Cook Time10

Total Time10

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: New Zealalnd

Keyword: garlic green beans, green beans and almonds, garlic butter green beans

Servings: serves

Calories: 157kcal

Author: Stacey

Blanch the beans. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Add the beans and blanch for 1-2 minutes until they are vibrant green in colour. Remove from the water (drain) and cool quickly by running them under cold water or putting them in a bowl of iced water.

Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet or frypan.
Add the crushed garlic and chopped almonds, pan fry until fragrant.
Add the blanched green beans to the hot garlicky butter. Cook/toss until the beans are heated through and are coated in butter, garlic and almonds.
Season with salt and pepper

Taking the time to blanch the beans will give this easy side dish the perfect texture and a beautiful green color.
Crushing your whole garlic cloves rather than using store-bought minced garlic will give you the best flavor, and will mean a lot less splattering when you add the garlic to the oil and butter.
Green beans: I generally use frozen beans when I make this recipe. You can of course use fresh green beans. Just be sure to top and tail them and trim them as necessary. I usually use whole baby beans but you can use sliced mature beans. This same recipe works equally well with broccoli florets.
Olive oil and butter: I like to use a combination of olive oil and butter but you could of course use all olive oil or all butter.
Almonds: I love the crunch nuts add to green beans, walnuts or sesame seeds are also nice.