Sunday, July 31, 2022

Super Simple Skillet Green Beans (5 Ingredients! 8 Minutes!) Plus 7 More Summery Meals to Make This Week

Last October, when green beans were still arriving in our farm share, I deeply regretted not sharing months earlier one of my favorite ways to prepare them.

I learned the recipe seven years ago, and it's possible you know it, too, because Kristen Miglore wrote about it in her Genius Recipes column on Food52.

The genius of this recipe is that it doesn't call for boiling or blanching or shocking the green beans. Rather the beans enter a skillet with a bit of butter, crushed-but-not-peeled garlic cloves, water, and a pinch of salt and pepper.

After 8 minutes covered over low heat, the green beans emerge cooked but not mushy, glazed in a light, buttery sauce infused with just the right amount of garlic. To finish, you shave parmesan over the top and shower the beans with more freshly cracked pepper.

Every time I make this recipe, I am astonished by how effortlessly it comes together and even more by how quickly it disappears — children and adults alike love this one.

Friends, the summer green beans are so good right now, and if you haven't given this one a go, I can't recommend it enough. It's maybe the lowest-effort, biggest-reward recipe I know.

Simple Skillet Green Beans