Green Beans with Lemon and Cumin

15m
Prep Time
15m
Cook Time
30m
Ready In


"I found this lovely recipe in a Atkins Diet Cookbook."

Original is 2 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (250.1 g)
  • Calories 150.2
  • Total Fat - 9 g
  • Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
  • Cholesterol - 0.6 mg
  • Sodium - 626.5 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 17.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 6.4 g
  • Sugars - 7.7 g
  • Protein - 4.4 g
  • Calcium - 94.3 mg
  • Iron - 2.9 mg
  • Vitamin C - 33.3 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.

Step 2

Add green beans and simmer until just tender, about 3 minutes.

Step 3

Drain; plunge the beans into a large bowl of cold water to stop the cooking and drain again.

Step 4

Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over high heat.

Step 5

Add the cumin and sauté until fragrant, about 15 seconds.

Step 6

Add beans, salt, pepper, lemon zest and lemon juice; sauté until beans are crisp tender and lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

Tips


No special items needed.

2 Reviews

Sue

Zippy! I used whole cumin seed on mine instead of the ground cumin and it was wonderful. Has a nice different flavor and easy to prep early and finish at the very last, giving time to work on other recipes. We both gobbled these up.

5.0

review by:
(20 Apr 2013)

Derf

A nice different way to do green beans, very tasty! Love the lemon and cumin combination. I par boiled the beans early in the day and finished them just before supper. very easy to put together and i will be making them again, thanks for posting.

5.0

review by:
(9 Jul 2012)

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