January 31, 2019

Blistered Green Beans

Simple, quick and extremely tasty. It doesn’t get better than that!

Blistering the Beans

Place beans in a very hot pan and leave the beans undisturbed for 3 minutes.

Heat the olive oil over medium high heat and add the beans once the oil is hot.

Using tongs toss the beans and continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes until browned and blistered all over.

The trick to this dish is to be patient and leave the beans undisturbed to get browned and blistered on one side, approx 3 minutes. Toss and continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes, until beans are browned and blistered all over. Once beans are done, season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Blistered Green Beans

After seasoned, place blistered beans on a platter and serve.

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Blistered Green Beans

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Cuisine: American, French

Keyword: blistered, gluten free, green bean, haricots verts

Servings: 4 people

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lb. haricots verts beans washed, trimmed, and dried
season with kosher salt, pepper, and garlic powder

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large pan over high heat until oil is almost smoking.
Once oil is heated, add the beans in a single layer. You may need to cook the beans in two batches.
Leave beans undisturbed until browned and blistered, approx 3 minutes.
Then toss with tongs and continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes until beans are browned and blistered all over.
Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder and serve immediately or at room temperature.

Notes

I like the thin string beans best. They’re called haricots verts and available at most markets including Trader Joe’s and Costco. I like the ones from Trader Joe’s because they are pre-washed and trimmed.

If using regular beans, the cook time will be longer.

If making a large quantity of beans, you will need to cook them in batches because you don’t want to overcrowd the pan. For each batch, add more oil to the pan and season once the beans are cooked through.

In order to blister the green beans the heat needs to be high, which may cause splattering.

Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Green Bean Salad with Soy-Glazed Almonds, Garlic Blistered Green Beans with Capers, and Sautéed Broccolini with Caramelized Leeks.

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The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.