Skillet Green Beans with Garlic

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make skillet green beans? Gather your ingredients. You can buy green beans frozen at the store or use beans from your own garden. Store-bought frozen beans are usually already washed and cut into small pieces. Green beans go beautifully with garlic, soy sauce, tomato paste, or butter, so pick whichever base you like.

2. Step 2:

   

   Blanch fresh green beans before frying. What about frozen ones? To keep more of their vitamins and nutrients, thaw them properly first.

3. Step 3:

   

   There are two ways to do it: leave them in the fridge overnight, or pour hot water over them. Then drain and cut into small, easy-to-fry pieces.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour water into a saucepan and set it over the heat. Add a pinch of salt. Once it boils, reduce to medium heat and cook for 5–7 minutes. Then drain the beans in a colander.

5. Step 5:

   

   Pour olive oil into a heavy-bottomed skillet and fry the sliced garlic in it. You can use butter instead of olive oil for more aroma, but watch that it doesn't scorch. Remove the garlic from the oil after 2–3 minutes of frying.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the prepared beans to the garlic oil.

7. Step 7:

   

   Fry until browned, about 2–3 minutes. Take them off the heat and serve. Enjoy!