Green Beans with Shallots
Dave Ferguson
Elevate everyday green beans with Jacques Pepin's elegant technique in this Green Beans with Shallots recipe. Blanched beans maintain their vibrant color and perfect texture, while sautéed shallots provide sweet, aromatic flavor. The genius make-ahead approach allows you to prepare everything in advance and finish just before serving. Equally delicious hot or cold, these restaurant-quality beans transform a simple vegetable into a sophisticated side dish that pairs beautifully with almost any main course!
I saw this one in a Jacques Pepin video.
I really like that you can prepare this well in advance and then finish it when you are ready to serve it.
By the way, once I have made them for dinner, I refrigerate the leftovers and then nibble on the cold green beans until they are gone. Almost like candy!
12 oz. fresh green beans
1 big shallot, minced
1 Tbsp olive oil*
1 Tbsp butter*
salt and pepper to taste
ice
*Sometimes I have put in too much oil and butter and the shallots and seasoning slide off the beans. So basically, use enough oil and butter to sauté the shallots.
Get your green beans all cleaned up.
Get a pan of boiling salted water going on the stove.
Boil the green beans about 7 minutes, but check them after about 5.
Once they are done to your taste, pull them off the stove and immediately put them in ice water to stop the cooking.
At this point, refrigerate them if you are not going to use them right away.
When you are ready to finish the dish, heat up oil and butter in a skillet and sauté your shallots for about three or four minutes, until they are translucent.
Add the chilled green beans and toss around to get them heated up again.
Season them to taste.
Probably enough for 3 or 4 servings