Green Beans with Almonds
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
Follow our photos for this easy green bean recipe. The almonds do all of the work. Toast them in a little olive oil, toss in the cooked green beans and in minutes you have an impossibly simple and delicious side.
Step-by-Step Photos
Green Beans with Almonds
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Use your fingers or a paring knife to remove the stem end of the beans.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
Add ¼ cup sliced almonds to the skillet.
Cook the almonds, stirring, until golden brown 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
This is what golden brown looks like.
Add 1 tablespoon kosher salt to the boiling water.
Cook the beans until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
Drain.
Add the beans and ¼ teaspoon kosher salt to the skillet.
Add ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (12 turns on pepper mill).
Return the skillet to medium heat to heat through, 1 to 2 minutes. Use tongs to combine.
Enjoy.
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons
- olive oil
- ¼ cup
- sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon plus ¼ teaspoon
- kosher salt
- 1 pound
- green beans, stem ends trimmed
- ¼ teaspoon
- freshly ground black pepper
directions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the almonds and cook, stirring, until golden brown 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Add 1 tablespoon of the salt to the boiling water then add the beans and cook until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes; drain.
Add the beans, pepper (12 turns on pepper mill) and the remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt to the skillet and return to medium heat to heat through, 1 to 2 minutes. Use tongs to combine.
helpful hints
- Buy beans that are bright in color without blemishes and that snap when you bend them
- Use your fingers or a paring knife to remove the stem end of the beans
- The darker you toast your almonds the more flavorful they will be
tools needed
Large pot, measuring spoons, colander, measuring cups, tongs
7 comments, add yours below
Aisling Ryan on March 22, 2011 at 4:42PM wrote:
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these!! Thank-you! At thirty-two I just made my first meal that wasn’t a disaster (combined these with the salmon). THANK-YOU Jessica and Ally. Really. You have no idea what you have done for me! ***
Emily Simmons on December 12, 2011 at 11:53PM wrote:
Looking for something like this as my SIL has recently been diagnosed with MS. I see nothing here he can’t eat. Can I buy frozen or fresh green beens the day before, par boil them ahead of time and then add to the sautee the day of?
thanks in advance. Kaye
Ios On Android Phone on January 27, 2012 at 3:11AM wrote:
The beans look great.The color is so tempting.Any food made from beans is so tasty
metformin on February 2, 2012 at 12:38AM wrote:
I just made my first meal that wasn’t a disaster (combined these with the salmon).
paroxetine dosage on February 8, 2012 at 12:22AM wrote:
The beans look so fresh and tasty.Almonds will give a nice taste to the beans.i liked the combination.
Angina symptoms on April 20, 2012 at 5:03AM wrote:
The beans look very delicious.I loved this way of making the dish
suzanne on April 26, 2012 at 4:41PM wrote:
These look fabulous! Green beans are one of my favorite dishes!
