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Cooking Italian Green Beans

A simple recipe for cooking Italian green beans, aka Roman beans.
Course Side Dish

Ingredients

  • Italian Green Beans
  • 3 crushed garlic cloves
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • water
  • fresh basil (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat extra virgin olive oil over medium heat in medium saucepan
  2. Add frozen or fresh green beans
  3. Add in a small amount of water for steaming (more water to cover if fresh beans)
  4. Drop in crushed garlic and give a good stir.
  5. Lower stove to low heat, cover and cook about 20 minutes or until tender.
  6. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

Recipe Notes

Tip #1: As the beans cook, they will turn into a darker more olive green color.  This lets me know it's almost done.

Tip #2: Add some fresh basil for some extra flavor. It tastes great!

Tip # 3: The reason for crushing the garlic is that it lends a good overall flavor without overpowering the beans. If you were to mince the garlic, the aroma would be stronger. But prepare it however you want it, that is the joy of cooking!

Tip #4:  Keep an eye while cooking these and add more water as needed to prevent burning.