Name: Lemon Butter Green Beans Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb green beans; 3 tbsp butter; 1 ½ tsp minced garlic; ½ cup Walnuts; ⅓ cup dried cranberries; 2 tsp lemon juice; salt; ⅓ cup crumbled feta; 2 tsp lemon zest

Lemon Butter Green Beans Recipe

Rebecca Burns Modified: January 30, 2024

lemon butter green beans with cranberries walnuts and feta recipe

How To Make Festive Lemon Butter Green Beans

Our festive lemon butter green beans recipe is served with a sweet cranberry sauce and crushed walnuts to give it more depth of flavor and texture.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1lbgreen beansends trimmed, cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
3tbspbutterdiced into 1 pieces
1 ½tspminced garlic
½cupwalnutstoasted and chopped
⅓cupdried cranberries
2tsplemon juice
salt
⅓cupcrumbled feta
2tsplemon zest

Instructions

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add green beans and boil 3 to 5 minutes until tender crisp. Drain then immediately rinse under cold water. Drain well.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add in drained green beans and sauté 1 minute or until heated through.
Toss in walnuts, cranberries and lemon juice and season with salt to taste.
Sprinkle in feta and lemon zest. Serve warm.