Cook-ahead French beans with garlic butter

Name: Cook-ahead French beans with garlic butter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves: 4 as a main course side dish
Ingredients: 50 g butter; freshly ground black pepper; 1 clove garlic; 250 g fresh French beans

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I think French beans are best steamed and cooked at the last minute, but that is not always possible if you are entertaining and have a hob full of other things cooking. Here is a foolproof way to cook them in advance.

Ingredients

1 clove garlic
250 g fresh French beans
50 g

Side dish
Microwave
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Chop the garlic finely and sprinkle with salt while still on the chopping board. Use a table knife to work the salt into the garlic and turn it into a paste. Keep to one side.
Trim the stalks from the beans. If you have bought pre-packed beans, shake the bag so all the stalk ends are crammed into one end of the bag. Lay on the board, cut through the bag about 1