Tarragon Green Beans Food

GREEN BEANS WITH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Fill a 3 quart sauce pan approximately ½ full with salted water and bring to a boil.
• Drop trimmed green beans into the water and bring back up to a boil. Cook gently for 5-6 minutes or until tender.
• Drain the green beans and return to the pan, adding butter, chopped tarragon, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir to melt the butter and combine. Serve immediately.

ASPARAGUS AND GREEN BEANS WITH TARRAGON LEMON DIP

Steps:

• Cook asparagus spears and green beans in 1-inch of salted boiling water, covered, for 3 or 4 minutes. Drain and cool the vegetables and arrange them on a serving plate. Combine the dip ingredients in a small bowl and garnish with sprigs of parsley and tarragon and set dip along side vegetables on serving dish.

EASY TARRAGON GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Set a steamer basket in a saucepan with 1 inch simmering water. Add green beans. Cover and steam until tender, about 5 minutes. Toss in a bowl with butter, lemon juice, and tarragon leaves. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.

TARRAGON-ALMOND GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. , Meanwhile, in a nonstick skillet, saute onions and garlic in oil until onions are tender. Add the vinegar, sugar, tarragon and salt. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Drain beans; add to onion mixture. Cook and stir until heated through. Sprinkle with almonds.

SALMON IN TARRAGON CREAM SAUCE WITH GREEN BEAN PILAF

Steps:

• Mix juice, dressing and tarragon in shallow baking dish with whisk until well blended. Add fish; turn to evenly coat both sides of each fillet. Refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.
• Heat oven to 450ºF. Remove fish from marinade; pour marinade into small saucepan. Return fish to baking dish.
• Bake fish 15 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork. Meanwhile, bring water to boil in medium saucepan. Add rice, beans, salt and pepper; cover. Cook on low heat 5 min.; stir. Remove from heat; let stand 5 min.
• Meanwhile, bring marinade to boil; simmer on low heat 5 min. Add sour cream; cook until heated through, stirring occasionally with whisk. Serve over fish and green bean pilaf.

ASPARAGUS AND GREEN BEANS WITH TARRAGON LEMON DIP

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water in a Dutch oven; add asparagus and beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Drain vegetables; transfer to a serving platter. Drizzle with dip.

RACH'S CHICKEN WITH TARRAGON CREAM SAUCE, GREEN BEANS + RICE PILAF

Steps:

• For the rice, in saucepot over medium heat, melt butter, brown the pasta and pine nuts, add rice and stir a minute more
• Season the rice with salt and pepper, add stock, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and cook 15 minutes
• Remove from heat, let stand 10 minutes, fluff with fork and serve
• For the beans, boil in salted water 3 to 4 minutes, place in ice water bath to shock, then drain and dry
• Heat a skillet over medium low heat with butter, melt, then add shallots, salt and white pepper and soften
• Add stock and cook at low boil until very tender
• Turn the heat off, add green beans and cover
• Reheat over medium flame when ready to serve
• For the chicken, heat about ¼ cup EVOO, 4 to 5 turns of the pan, in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then lightly brown on both sides, about 5 minutes, and remove to platter
• Add about 2 tablespoons EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, and the butter, melt and bubble, then add garlic and swirl a minute, grate in some lemon zest and nutmeg, season with salt and pepper, add a sprinkle of flour, and stir
• Add wine, stock, cream, and tarragon, thicken a bit, stir in mustard and slide chicken back in to cook through
• To serve, add lemon juice
• Serve chicken alongside the rice and green beans

GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH A CREAMY TARRAGON DRESSING

Steps:

• In a saucepan over high heat in 1 inch of water, heat green beans to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 5-10 minutes or until green beans are tender crisp; drain.
• In a bowl combine the mayonnaise, tarragon vinegar, salt, mustard and pepper; mix well.
• I like to put the green beans and sliced onions in a large zip-lock bag (less clean up) along with the tarragon dressing mixture, fumbling for dressing to coat green beans.
• If you don't have a large zip-lock bag you can place the green beans and sliced onions in a large dish and toss to coat with the tarragon dressing.
• Cover and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours hours for flavors to blend before serving.
• Garnish with freshly topped tarragon.
• Serve and Enjoy!

STEAM/SAUTEED GREEN BEANS WITH BUTTER AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Bring the water, butter, salt and green beans to a boil in a Dutch oven or large deep skillet. Cover and steam over medium-high heat until the vegetable is brightly colored and just tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the lid and continue to cook until the liquid evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes longer, adding the tarragon at this point. Saute to intensify flavors, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Adjust seasonings, including pepper to taste, and serve.

LEMON TARRAGON GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a large kettle of boiling salted water blanch beans in 2 batches 2 to 3 minutes, or until just tender. With a slotted spoon transfer beans as blanched to a large bowl filled with ice and cold water. Drain beans well and pat dry, Beans may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled covered.
• Just before serving, in a large bowl toss together beans, oil, lemon juice, tarragon, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve beans garnished with tarragon sprigs.

TARRAGON GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large, high-sided skillet over medium heat. Add shallot; cook, stirring constantly, until soft and translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add beans, and gently toss to coat with shallot mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Add wine. Raise heat to medium-high; cook, stirring often, 12 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook until beans are tender, 3 to 5 minutes more. Stir in tarragon, and season with salt and pepper. Garnish with tarragon sprigs.

ITALIAN GREEN BEANS WITH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Trim ends from the green beans and cut in 1 1/2 inch lengths.
• Steam or cook the beans in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 5 minutes or until al dente, drain.
• Toss with oil, salt and pepper, and tarragon.