Photo: Green Beans with Brown Butter and Pine Nuts Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 (1-pound) bags cut green beans, frozen
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 stick butter
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Place green beans with 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave-safe bowl. Cover and cook for 6 to 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet over medium low heat. As the butter bubbles it will start to turn brown and give off a nutty aroma. Once it has reached a light brown color, add garlic, cooked and drained green beans and pine nuts. Toss to combine and saute for 1 minute until heated through. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Serve immediately.
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By kbeal
on February 06, 2012
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Very simple, quick to make and surprisingly good (I'm not a huge green bean fan. I did reduce the butter by 2 T (on the advice of other posters and it was great. This will go into high rotation at my house.
By mrsmelissac
Utah
on January 27, 2012
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My husband doesn't like green beans and he went back for seconds of this dish. I used canned green beans and slivered almonds. My only confusion is with the brown butter. I'm sure this is just because of my inexperience, but my butter never seemed to get brown. I don't know what I should have done to make it turn brown, but I guess I don't really care because it tasted so good anyway.
By NoRecipeRequire...
San Francisco, CA
on May 19, 2011
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I really like to dress up my vegetables and this green bean dish is great. I've got a very similar recipe (and video up on the site (NoRecipeRequired that drops the brown butter, but adds some parmesan cheese...which is also a great combo.
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