1 Pan Smoked Paprika Sautéed Green Beans
Quick, easy and foolproof sauté of green beans with smoke paprika and garlic. Easy one skillet cooking with super easy cleanup.
Ingredients
| 1 | pound |
green beans
|
|
| ½ | tablespoon |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | clove |
garlic
minced |
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
salt
|
* |
| 1 | x |
black pepper
|
* |
| 1 | teaspoon |
lemon juice
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
paprika
smoked |
* |
| 4 | tablespoons |
water
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
olive oil
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
almonds
toasted, sliced or slivered |
Directions
Mix together butter, paprika and garlic in a small bowl. Set aside.
In a skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat.
Add the raw green beans and sauté (stirring frequently) for a few minutes until beginning to develop some colour. Add salt and a few grindings of black peppers.
Add 3 to 4 tablespoons of water, cover the pan and cook for about 2 minutes until the green beans have turned green and are just beginning to cook through.
Remove the cover and allow the water to evaporate.
Add the butter, garlic and paprika mixture. Mix well and sauté for 1 to 3 minutes until the green beans are crisp tender.
Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Serve sprinkled with the toasted almonds on top.
This recipe can be easily doubled and you may have to since they gobble them up mighty quickly.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 136g (4.8 oz)
sean
Just made this again, quick, easy and tasty way to prepare green beans.
about 11 years ago