Braised Green Beans

Braised Green Beans

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 4

    • About This Recipe

    “Sauteed onion, a touch of rosemary and bits of imported black olives add a French countryside flavor.”

    Ingredients

  • 2smallonions, thinly sliced
  • 4tablespoonsbutter
  • 1 3/4 lbsgreen beans
  • 1sprigfresh rosemary
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth or 1/4 cupwater
  • 2tablespoonsimported black olives, chopped
  • salt
  • fresh ground black pepper

    • Directions

  • In a heavy saucepan, cook onion in butter over medium low heat until golden Add beans, rosemary and broth.
  • Cover aand cook over medium heat until beans are tender.
  • Remove cover, add olives and cook until liquid is gone.
  • Season and serve.

    • Reviews

  • “Quickly turn a simple vegetable into an elegant side dish.Served these along side my easter lamb and they were gone before the crescent rolls!”

  • “I have had this recipe in my cookbook forever and finally got around to making it. I shouldn’t have waited because…we absolutely loved it!! Easy and sooo tasty! (Two of my most favorite recipe requirements =)Elegant green beans…who’d a thunk it! Thanks so much for posting.Barb “

  • “I was looking for something different to do with green beans.This was very good; I used frozen green beans and dried rosemary.I will likely make this again. -M”

  • “Great recipe, and I happened to have all the ingredients on hand. A nice change of taste for a very commonly used vegetable. Thanks, Carole”

  • “outstanding way to cook fresh green beans. Will be making this again.”

  • “I followed the recipe exactly as written except I doubled the olives. (By accident.) It was an absolutely superb dish and I don’t think I’ll be tempted to cut back on the olives next time around. Also, I caramelized the onions as I am wont to do. I suspect that is unnecessary for this dish. Thanks, Lorac. Excellent dish.”

  • “These were the first batch of beans from my garden and I decided that I would cook them until they were crisp-tender.Being from the South, my boys have never eaten green beans this way.They loved them!Thank you Lorac for introducing my southern gentlemen to a new way to eat green beans.Made for Lorac Cook-A-Thon.”

  • “REALLY YUMMY, I kept snacking on the leftovers all night…they were awesome! I made them for thanksgiving dinner, I will make them every year”

  • “My DH gives this 5 stars and that’s saying something as he usually has NOTHING to say unless pushed.I followed the directions using 1 tsp of dried rosemary as that’s what I had, added mushrooms and walnuts at the same time as the olives as we like both and it turned out great.So simple but a nice blend of flavors.Served with prime rib, sage wheat dinner rolls and baked potatoe and a red table wine; an elegant dinner that we’ll be doing again.Thanks Lorac for a easy and tasty recipe.”

  • “I don’t like green beans, but my head chef gave me some, so I figured I better use ’em! This is an excellent recipe for a non bean liking person, as there are so many other flavours in there to vastly improve the beans. I added a big, fat clove of garlic along with the onion, and probably a few more olives (to finish the jar). Imagine if you liked beans, you’d reckon this was a 10 star recipe!”

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