Green Beans with Dill

Ricardo
Ricardo @tallcook
Manhattan, New York, United States

Steamed green beans served with a button of butter make for a perfectly acceptable side dish, but if you're looking to elevate the green bean to company-worthy status (with almost no more effort), here's your recipe, courtesy of chef Amanda Hesser. Just blanch the beans for a few minutes, toss with butter, chopped fresh dill and a grind or two of black pepper.

#vegetarian #vegan

Green Beans with Dill

Steamed green beans served with a button of butter make for a perfectly acceptable side dish, but if you're looking to elevate the green bean to company-worthy status (with almost no more effort), here's your recipe, courtesy of chef Amanda Hesser. Just blanch the beans for a few minutes, toss with butter, chopped fresh dill and a grind or two of black pepper.

#vegetarian #vegan

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Ingredients

20 minutes
4 servings
  1. Sea salt to taste
  2. 4large handfuls haricots verts or green beans, stem ends trimmed
  3. 2 tablespoonsunsalted butter
  4. 2-3 tablespoonschopped fresh dill
  5. Coarsely ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 1

    Fill a pot with water. Season with salt so that you can taste it. Bring to a boil.

  2. 2

    Plunge beans into water. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until just tender but still quite firm. If you're using green beans, it will take a minute or so longer. Drain. Return beans to pot. Add butter, stir in 2 tablespoons dill and season with pepper.

  3. 3

    Stir and toss beans in pot over low heat, until butter is melted. Taste a bean and season with salt and more pepper, or dill, if desired.

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My mother was a very good home cook, which made me appreciate homemade food to this day.
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