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Green Bean Amandine - Christmas Vegetable Recipes

Isabel Laessig
Get the best vegetable side dishes for Christmas, including decadent Green Bean Amandine! These easy Christmas vegetables make the perfect holiday meal.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 186 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Skillet
  • 1 pot or kettle for boiling water
  • 1 bowl for an ice bath
  • 1 knife for trimming green beans

Ingredients
  

  • 7 ounces green beans
  • 4 Tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup sliced almonds
  • ½ lemon for juicing
  • ½ handful fresh dill optional
  • salt and pepper, to taste; I recommend Maldon Sea Salt Flakes, or sea salt flakes of your choice

Instructions
 

  • Wash and trim green beans, then add them to a small pan. Have a bowl of ice water ready. Add boiling water from a separate pan or kettle and allow the beans to simmer for 2 minutes.
    7 ounces green beans
    adding green beans to skillet
  • Immediately drain the water after 2 minutes, and add the green beans to ice water to blanch them. This will keep the green beans crisp and bright green in color.
    adding green beans to ice water to blanch them
  • Place a frying pan over medium heat and add butter. Once melted, add sliced almonds. Toss with the butter and fry for 5 minutes until the almonds are lightly browned.
    4 Tablespoons butter, ½ cup sliced almonds
    adding sliced almonds to butter in a skillet
  • Squeeze lemon juice over the almonds and remove from the heat. Adding lemon juice causes the butter to simmer and reduce rapidly, which will further brown the butter and almonds, so make sure to remove the pan from the heat so they don't burn.
    ½ lemon
    squeezing lemon into sliced almonds in butter
  • Drain green beans from ice water, then add to the pan. Toss with buttered almonds. Stir in fresh dill if desired, season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve. Enjoy!
    ½ handful fresh dill, salt and pepper, to taste;
    adding dill to green bean amandine in a skillet

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Notes

  1. To trim green beans, arrange them so the stems are evenly lined up.
  2. Use a hand to keep them in place, then carefully slice the tips away with a sharp knife.
  3. Kitchen scissors may also be used.
Rinse them first with cold tap water to clean them.
If you're short on time, you can skip the blanching process and they will still be delicious.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 4gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 94mgPotassium: 213mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 715IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 1mg
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