Sauteed Garlic Scapes Or Green Beanswith Red Pepper Almonds Food

SAUTE OF GARLIC SCAPES & GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Top& tail green beans.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add beans& blanch for 2 – 3 minutes or until crisp-tender.
• Drain& refresh with cold water until beans are cold.
• Trim garlic scapes& remove any seed pods.
• Cut into pieces about the same length as the beans.
• Blanch for 1 – 2 minutes; drain& refresh with cold water.
• Heat oil in skillet on medium heat; add scapes& saute for 2 minutes.
• Add beans& red peppers.
• Toss together, cover skillet& cook for 2 minutes longer or until scapes are crisp-tender.
• Uncover& season with salt, pepper& balsamic vinegar.

SAUTEED GREEN BEANS WITH RED PEPPERS & ALMONDS

Steps:

• Over high heat, bring a medium-sized saucepan filled with water to a boil. Add beans and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until tender-crisp. Drain. Place beans in a bowl of ice cold water for a minute or so. Drain well.
• Meanwhile, in a large nonstick frying pan, cook almonds over medium heat until golden and fragrant, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Transfer to small dish.
• Add oil to the pan; heat over medium-high heat. Cook shallots until softened, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in red peppers, garlic, green beans and salt and pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until peppers are tender-crisp and beans are hot, about 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in almonds. Transfer to serving bowl. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve warm.

SAUTEED GARLIC SCAPES

Steps:

• In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add scapes and salt. Cook, tossing often, until scapes are tender-crisp, about 5 minutes. Serve.

SAUTéED GREEN BEANS WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Blanch beans: Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil with 1 teaspoon of salt. Add beans, cook for 4 minutes (they will turn bright green), drain, then rinse under cold tap water to cool. (There's really no need to shock in ice water). Shake off excess water.
• Sauté: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add green beans and garlic. Toss (or stir!) for 2 minutes until the garlic is golden and crispy. Add salt and pepper, then toss.
• Serve: Transfer beans to serving dish. Serve warm!
• Prepare ahead: Blanch beans per step 1, cool and dry, store in fridge until required. When ready to serve, just toss with garlic. It's an instant on-demand side!

SAUTEED GARLIC SCAPES (OR GREEN BEANS)WITH RED PEPPER & ALMONDS

Steps:

• Cover& cook scapes in a pot of boiling salted water until tender-crisp, about 2 minutes.
• Drain& chill under cold water, then drain well& pat dry.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; cook scapes, peppers& seasoning, stirring occasionally, until softened- about 4 minutes.
• Stir in almonds.

SAUTEED TURNIP GREENS & GARLIC SCAPES

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, add olive oil.
• When olive oil is glistening hot and fragrant, add garlic scapes. Sautee until tender.
• Add turnip greens, toss frequently and sautee for 2-3 minutes or until wilted but still quite tender (not mushy).
• Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!

SPICY SHRIMP WITH GREEN BEANS & RED PEPPER

Steps:

• Rinse the shrimp with cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Put the shrimp in a medium bowl, sprinkle with the wine, cover and refrigerate until needed, up to two hours.
• Bring a medium pan of salted water to boil, add green beans and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
• Drain, rinse with cold water and throughly dry on paper towels.
• Cut the beans diagonally in 1 1/2 inch lengths and set aside.
• In a small bowl, stir together the glaze ingredients and set aside.
• Drain the shrimp well.
• Heat a wok or medium skillet over high heat.
• Add half the oil and when it is very hot, add the shrimp.
• Stir-fry until the shrimp are firm and opaque, 1-2 minutes.
• Take from heat and set shrimp aside.
• Reheat the wok over medium-high heat and add the remaining oil.
• Stir-fry the shallots, garlic and bell pepper until the bell pepper starts to soften, 1-2 minutes.
• Add the green beans and stir-fry until just hot, about 30 seconds.
• Reduce heat, stir the glaze and pour into the wok.
• Stir until thickened.
• Add the shrimp with any juices and stir to combine.

GREEN BEANS AND RED PEPPERS SAUTEED WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Trim beans.
• Meanwhile bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.
• Add some salt, then dump in beans, as soon as the water comes back to a rolling boil, count 1 minute, then drain beans and rinse with cold water.
• Heat olive oil in a frying pan and add garlic and red peppers.
• Saute 5 minutes, or until peppers are tender and add beans.
• cook, tossing, until heated through.
• Place mixture in a mound on a big serving dish or platter and serve.