Green Beans with Garlic

By MystiQ

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1 tablespoon softened Unsalted butter
• 4 cloves Garlic minced or pressed
• 1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme chopped
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 pound Green Beans ends snapped off and cut into two inch pieces
• Salt
• Black pepper ground
• 1/4 cup Water
• 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon Fresh parsley chopped

Details

Adapted from bigoven.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation:

Combine butter, garlic and thyme in a small bowl and set aside. Heat olive oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until just smoking.

Add beans, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally until spotty brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Add water, cover andcook until beans are bright green and crisp, about 2 minutes.

Remove cover, increase heat to high and cook until water evaporates, 30-60 seconds. Add butter mixture and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until beans are crisp-tender, lightly browned and beginning to wrinkle, 1-3 minutes longer.

Transfer beans to a serving bowl, toss with lemon juice and parsley; adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.

Serve immediately.