Green Beans With Caramelized Shallots Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat; swirl to coat bottom of pan. Add shallots; cover. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook green beans until fork-tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain; return to pot. Toss with remaining tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer green beans to a serving dish; top with caramelized shallots.

Steps:

• Place the slivered almonds in a dry skillet over low heat, and cook and stir constantly until the almonds are lightly toasted, 3 to 5 minutes. Watch carefully, because they burn easily. Remove the almonds and set aside.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the shallots and red bell pepper until softened, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle the shallot mixture with sugar, salt, and pepper, and reduce heat to low. Cover, and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the shallots caramelize, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan, fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer, and bring the water to a boil. Add the green beans, cover, and steam until just tender enough to pierce with a fork, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain the green beans, place them into the skillet with the shallot mixture, mix well, and gently stir in the toasted almonds.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat; swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. Add the shallots; cover. Reduce the heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the green beans until forktender, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain; return to the pot. Toss with the remaining tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the green beans to a serving dish; top with the caramelized shallots.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Spread out pecans on a rimmed sheet pan and bake in oven until pale golden on inside, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool and coarsely chop.
• Have ready a colander submerged in a large bowl of ice water. Cook beans in a 6- to 8-quart pot of well-salted boiling water, uncovered, until just tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Using a large slotted spoon and/or tongs, transfer beans to colander in ice water to stop cooking, then drain well and dry on towels.
• Heat butter in a 12- to 14-inch deep heavy skillet (preferably straight-sided) over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then add shallot and cook, stirring until pale golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium and stir in sugar until almost dissolved, then cook pecans, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add green beans, kosher salt, and pepper, and sauté beans, turning them with tongs, until heated through, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a platter and serve.

Steps:

• Rinse the green beans and steam over boiling water until crisp tender, about 5 minutes.
• These can also be placed in a microwave safe dish and microwaved 4 to 5 minutes or again until crisp tender.
• Over medium heat, melt butter in a nonstick skillet; add shallots.
• Cook stirring often until golden brown, approximately 5 minutes (if needed add a touch of water to prevent burning).
• Add the green beans and toss until hot; season with salt and pepper sprinkle with lemon zest and serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook shallot and garlic in the hot butter mixture, stirring frequently, until soft and slightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir green beans with shallot mixture; season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir green beans until tender, about 12 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the green beans.