Greek Marinated Green Beans With Feta
Recipe: #7297
January 06, 2012
Categories: Salads, Side Dishes, Beans, Beans (String), Greek, Mediterranean, Baby Shower, Brunch, July 4th, Mothers Day Picnic, Potluck, No Eggs, Vegetarian, more
"Plan ahead this has a 3 or more hour chilling time"
Original is 7 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (259.4 g)
- Calories 240
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.4 g
- Cholesterol - 39.6 mg
- Sodium - 1186.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.5 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 10.5 g
- Calcium - 174.3 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 12.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Bring a pot of water and 1 teaspoon salt to a full boil; add in the the green beans, bring the water back to a boil then cook about 6 minutes or until crisp-tender; Drain then immediately plunge beans into ice water to stop the cooking process. Place in a shallow serving dish then pat dry using paper towels.
Step 2
Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat (do not decrease the olive oil amount) add in garlic and cook stirring for about 2 minutes; remove from heat, then stir in olives, chopped tomatoes, vinegar, fresh oregano and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Pour mixture over beans, tossing to coat. Season with black pepper.
Step 3
Chill at least 3 hours or overnight. Before serving if desired drizzle fresh lemon juice over the top then sprinkle with feta cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.
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