Garlic Butter Green Beans

Name: Garlic Butter Green Beans
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Green beans; 2 tbsp Butter; 2 cloves Garlic clove; ½ tsp Salt; to taste Black pepper

Fifteen minutes and one pot. Fresh green beans boil until bright green and tender with a little snap, then get drained well. Garlic softens in butter in the same pot, and the beans go back in to be tossed with black pepper. Simple enough to put next to anything, and the garlic butter is what gets them eaten.

15 minServes 4 as writtenStovetopAmericanContains Milk

Garlic Butter Green Beans, as the finished dish — The photo is an illustration of the finished dish, not a photograph of this recipe as written.

Ingredients — serves 4

Green beans1 lb
Butter2 tbsp
Garlic clove2 cloves
Salt½ tsp
Black pepperto taste

How much to make for 2, 4, 6 or 8

Ingredient	For 2	For 4	For 6	For 8
Green beans	½ lb	1 lb	1½ lb	2 lb
Butter	1 tbsp	2 tbsp	3 tbsp	4 tbsp (½ stick)
Garlic clove	1 clove	2 cloves	3 cloves	4 cloves
Salt	¼ tsp	½ tsp	¾ tsp	1 tsp
Black pepper	to taste	to taste	to taste	to taste
The pan	Written for 4 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 2 — roughly 0.5× the recipe. Less than the recipe assumes — the same pot works; the water boils sooner, and the cooking time is the same.	—	Written for 4 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 6 — roughly 1.5× the recipe. This calls for a 6-quart pot. At about 1.5× the recipe use an 8-quart pot or bigger — more water takes longer to boil; the cooking time is the same.	Written for 4 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 8 — roughly 2× the recipe. This calls for a 6-quart pot. At about 2× the recipe use a 12-quart stockpot or bigger — more water takes longer to boil; the cooking time is the same.

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Steps

Snap or cut the stem ends off the green beans. Chop the garlic cloves finely.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil with the salt, add the beans and boil for 4 to 5 minutes. Check that they are bright green and tender with a slight snap. Drain them well — wet beans will not take on the butter.
Put the empty pot back over medium heat and melt the butter. Add the garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, stirring, just until it smells good. Do not let it brown, or it turns bitter.
Return the beans to the pot, toss to coat them in the garlic butter, season with black pepper and serve.

Good to know

Contains Milk — from the ingredient names, so not a complete list. It cannot see inside a jar, a mix or a sauce, and formulas change. For an allergy or intolerance, read the package every time — never decide from this line.