President Obama's Green Beans And Golden Beets
Created by dienia b on January 22, 2025
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #44097
Ingredients
- 8 small golden beets, peeled, cut in half
- 4 ounces green beans, ends snipped, cut 1 inch on the bias
- 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon French shallot, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 4 cups water, boiling
How to Make
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Step 1: Bring water to a boil and add 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt.
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Step 2: (Beets are cleaner and easier if cooked whole and unpeeled and everything done after cooked)
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Step 3: (I would quarter them)
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Step 4: Place beets into water gently and allow to cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
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Step 5: Remove beets using a strainer and set in a bowl.
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Step 6: Allow water to return to a boil and gently add the green beans for 4 minutes until tender.
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Step 7: Remove the beans from the pot using a strainer and add to the bowl with the beets.
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Step 8: Place olive oil in a sauté pan on medium heat.
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Step 9: Add the shallots to cook until tender.
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Step 10: Add the beets and beans and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (612.9 g)
- Calories 194.1
- Total Fat - 4.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 1236.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.5 g
- Sugars - 27.4 g
- Protein - 6.1 g
- Calcium - 73.4 mg
- Iron - 3 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg