What's the best way to cook fresh green beans?

by KimW

Posted: 14 years ago 17 replies

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I picked up some fresh green beans from the local market the other day.

We had company a few weeks back and picked some up then too.
At that time our company cooked them for us. She put some bacon in the pot,let it cook some of the grease out, then added water and the green beans and let it cook about 30 minutes.

I decided to look up recipes today and most say that to retain the best flaovr you should cook then a short time,as in about 5 minutes.

What is your favorite way to cook fresh green beans?

ThomM 14 years ago

I usually go with the quick cook method.
But it depends on what else is going on.
If I'm just cooking I do them quick, if I'm still doing other stuff I'll cook them for up to 1/2 hr. at a lower heat.
After they're cooked I'll go as simple as butter, salt, and pepper, or seasoned salt. What ever I do with them I try to support the flavor of the beans and not mask it.
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Tina Golden

14 years ago

She cooked green beans 30 minutes? Did you have green bean soup? LOL.

I like steaming fresh green beans (or just about any veggie) but no more than 20 minutes, usually. Sometimes I will boil them but they lose some flavor and nutrition that way.

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Bill Farnham 14 years ago

Kim,

Put me down for a shorter duration of cooking.

Add me to that bacon thing though, that sounds relly good.

~Bill
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Dave Patterson

14 years ago

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Ahhh....Tina beat me to it. When you can smell them thay're done.

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KenThompson

14 years ago

Definitely, bacon or some ham adds great flavor. Also, maybe almond slices or
cherry onions. I think that's what they're called, the little tiny onions.

Now I'm getting hungry.

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Radix 14 years ago

bacon, 2 stalks diced green onion and 2 tsp of minced garlic. Cook bacon, eat that immediately and then cook the beans in the bacon drippings and other stuff.
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seasoned

14 years ago

Originally Posted by KenThompson

Definitely, bacon or some ham adds great flavor. Also, maybe almond slices or
cherry onions. I think that's what they're called, the little tiny onions.

Now I'm getting hungry.

I might be wrong, but I think it is pearl onions, cherry tomatoes.

Well, cooking them FAST could be stir frying. Besides, the idea is to cook in layers with the safest and ones you most like crisp, LAST. That could be the beans, or you can cook them JUST long enough to add flavor and heat them a bit.

Steve

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Kurt 14 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

What is your favorite way to cook fresh green beans?

With a porterhouse and baked potato.
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KimW 14 years ago

Ha Kurt,
One can never disagree with that!
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- milkyway 14 years ago
  
  I might be a little late - are the beans gone already?
  
  The absolute best way is this:
  
  Cook them in salt water for a short time. They need to be done, of course, but still firm to the bite (think about pasta al dente). I can't really tell how many minutes - just throw them in and try occasionally...
  
  While they cook, press some garlic or cut it into very small pieces and mix it with a good olive oil and basil leaves which you've pulled into pieces.
  
  Throw the beans into the oil-garlic mixture, turn them thorougly and serve warm (doesn't need to be hot).
  
  Sigh. And now I'm hungry again...
  
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Audrey Harvey

14 years ago

Green beans and garlic together should be one of the five food groups!

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

Well, first...since they're fresh green beans, you want to slap them around a
bit. Then they won't be so fresh.

After that, any of the above suggestions will do fine.

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Dave Patterson

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Well, first...since they're fresh green beans, you want to slap them around a
bit. Then they won't be so fresh.

After that, any of the above suggestions will do fine.

Steve, I swear....if you've ever lived a past life we've probably seen some old black and white film of you somewhere doing Vaudeville...

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HeySal 14 years ago

Grill them on a shish kabob skewer with mushrooms and pearl onions, yum.
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ladyspinner 14 years ago

Try putting a little butter in a small frying pan with some almonds, when the almonds are toasted, put them to the side of the pan, and then put in the green beans for about 5 minutes, mix the two together in the pan for another 2-3 minutes, and they are ready for eating.
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- Kay King 14 years ago
  
  I don't like them crispy so I cook them longer/slower - with some ham and/or bacon and a bit of chopped sweet onion...and sometimes some new, red potatoes, too.
  
  Cooked that way - midwest farm food.
  
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KimW 14 years ago

Midwest farm food is right Kay.
I remember as a kid my older brother and myself spent summers on the farm with my grandparents.
Besides helping can, we also picked from the garden.
I remember picking brown bags full of these.
They are also called snap beans at some places.
We would pick them off the plant, snap the two ends off and bag them.
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