How To Make French String Beans with Shallots
Crisp and tasty French string beans are always a pleasure to have at the dinner table. This recipe flavors them with shallots, salt, and pepper.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspextra virgin olive oil,or unsalted butter
- 2largeshallots,thinly sliced
- ½cupwater
- ¾lbFrench string beans (haricots verts),(12 oz), trimmed
- ½tspsalt
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper
- pinch sugar
Instructions
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Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the shallots and cook for about 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until soft and translucent. Do not brown.
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Add the beans, salt, pepper and water; bring to a boil. Cover the skillet, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 8 minutes.
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Remove the lid and increase the heat to high. Cook for about 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until the liquid is evaporated, the beans are tender, and the shallots are jammy.
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Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper, and a pinch of sugar. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 116.20kcal
- Fat: 6.98g
- Saturated Fat: 0.98g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.94g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.82g
- Carbohydrates: 13.00g
- Fiber: 3.61g
- Sugar: 6.18g
- Protein: 2.57g
- Sodium: 301.94mg
- Calcium: 48.04mg
- Potassium: 315.10mg
- Iron: 1.41mg
- Vitamin A: 29.81µg
- Vitamin C: 13.58mg
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