Haricots Vert Salade with Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic
This clean tasting salad highlights fresh tomatoes with crisp French green beans and accented by golden garlic slivers and good extra-virgin olive oil. This salad is simple but incredibly refreshing and perfect before or after a heavy meal.
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Servings: 6
Equipment
- Large bowl of ice water
- Colander
- Bowl
- large nonstick frying pan
Ingredients
- 2 lb Haricots verts or trimmed green beans
- Salt
- ⅔ cup Extra-virgin olive oil
- 20 small Cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 head Garlic, cloves peeled and sliced thin.
Instructions
- Place haricots verts or green beans in a plastic freezer bag along with ¼ cup of salted water. Seal ¾ of the way and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Immediately drain and pour beans into bowl of ice water to stop cooking and bring out their bright green color. After 1 minute, drain beans in the colander.
- Halve or roughly chop tomatoes. Transfer to a bowl along with 4 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt. Mix together.
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add garlic slices and cook, stirring, until slightly golden but not burned. Add drained beans and a pinch of salt. Toss to warm everything, transfer to a serving bowl and serve.
Notes
- Flash frozen haricots verts or green beans may be substituted for fresh.
- If fresh tomatoes are out of season, a drained 14oz. can of diced tomatoes can be used.
- Is is important not to burn the garlic. It'll make everything bitter and inedible. Watch carefully during cooking and have the green beans ready to add to pan the second the garlic turns golden.
- If peeling 20 garlic cloves gives you pause, bags of already peeled garlic cloves are sold at most supermarkets.
Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 443mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1320IU | Vitamin C: 31mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2mg