Skillet Butter Green Beans
Recipe: #10409
August 28, 2013
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Beans (String), 5 Ingredients Or Less, One-Pot Meal, Sunday Dinner, Gluten-Free, Low Carbohydrate, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"There's nothing better than fresh summer green beans just picked from the garden, this is one of my favorite ways of making fresh beans, plain, simple and delicious!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (138.2 g)
- Calories 112.1
- Total Fat - 8.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.5 g
- Cholesterol - 22.9 mg
- Sodium - 140.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
- Sugars - 3.7 g
- Protein - 2.2 g
- Calcium - 45.1 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Using a large bowl prepare a ice water bath and set aside.
Step 2
Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add 2 teaspoons salt or how much you want.
Step 3
Add green beans and bring back to a boil. Cook until crisp tender, about 3-5 minutes. using a slotted spoon, transfer the beans to the ice water bath and let sit in ice water for about 3 minutes (this will stop the cooking process). Drain and set aside.
Step 4
In a large sauce pan bring 1/4 cup water or broth and butter to a boil over medium high heat. Add beans. Saute the beans until they are just heated through. Season with coarse salt and fresh ground pepper or lemon pepper.
Tips
No special items needed.