1 Pan Garlicky Green Beans With Slivered Almonds Food

GREEN BEANS WITH ALMONDS AND CARAMELIZED SHALLOTS

Steps:

• Place the slivered almonds in a dry skillet over low heat, and cook and stir constantly until the almonds are lightly toasted, 3 to 5 minutes. Watch carefully, because they burn easily. Remove the almonds and set aside.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the shallots and red bell pepper until softened, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle the shallot mixture with sugar, salt, and pepper, and reduce heat to low. Cover, and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the shallots caramelize, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan, fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer, and bring the water to a boil. Add the green beans, cover, and steam until just tender enough to pierce with a fork, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain the green beans, place them into the skillet with the shallot mixture, mix well, and gently stir in the toasted almonds.

FRIED GREEN BEANS WITH SLIVERED ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a frying pan, heat up olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add green beans and saute until wrinkly!
• Add almonds and continue saute-ing until the almonds start to brown. Remove from heat and drizzle with lemon juice.
• Recipe can easily be doubled or tripled, depending on the number of people to feed!

GARLIC ROASTED GREEN BEANS WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Wash and trim green beans. Dry beans with paper towel. Place beans, scallions, garlic, olive oil, and salt and pepper in a shallow roasting pan and toss together with your hands. Roast in oven until beans are tender and browned. Toss with lemon peel and almonds and serve immediately.

NOT-YOUR-GRANDMOTHER'S SAUTEED GREEN BEANS WITH SLIVERED ALMONDS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and prepare an ice bath. For the ice bath, use a lot of ice, add 1 teaspoon or so of kosher salt (which will make it a bit colder) and put a colander inside the bowl so that the ice stays separate from the beans and it's easy to drain the beans as soon as they are well chilled.
• Add the green beans to the boiling water and cook until tender-crisp, about 3 minutes. Ladle out 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of the water, then transfer the green beans to the ice bath using a wire mesh spider or tongs. Allow to chill completely, then lift the colander out of the ice bath, and dry the green beans thoroughly with kitchen towels or paper towels. This can be done ahead of time.
• In a medium skillet, heat the butter and almonds over medium heat and cook, stirring frequently, until the almonds are deeply browned and nutty, 2 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and shallot and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes longer. Add the lemon juice, along with 1 to 2 tablespoons (15 to 30 ml) of the cooking water. Increase the heat to high and stir and shake the pan rapidly to emulsify, about 30 seconds. The sauce should have a glossy sheen and not appear watery or greasy. If it's still watery, continue to simmer and shake. If it looks greasy, add another 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of water. When the sauce is ready, remove from the heat.
• Add the green beans to the pan with the sauce and toss to coat and combine. Return to medium heat and cook, tossing, until heated through, about 1 minute. Season to taste with Maldon salt and pepper. Garnish with the lemon zest and serve immediately.

PARMESAN-GARLIC BUTTER GREEN BEANS WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Cook green beans as directed on package.
• Drain.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in small saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Add garlic; cook 2-3 minutes or until garlic is tender, stirring frequently.
• Add almonds and cook about 1-2 minutes.
• Pour garlic butter over cooked green beans; stir to coat.
• Sprinkle with cheese; toss gently.