Crunchy Pecan Green Beans

Crunchy Pecan Green Beans

Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Tender green beans with a lovely crunch and a zing of lemon.

Grandads Cookbook is a collection of recipes from various sources reproduced here for convenience. Recipes are accredited to their original author where known and links are provided to any online source materials.

Crunchy Pecan Green Beans

Richard

Tender green beans with a lovely crunch and a zing of lemon.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Share on Facebook

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine 🇺🇸 American

Servings 4

Calories 137 kcal

Suitable for Vegetarian Diet

Ingredients

  

• 200 g Fine green beans
• 50 g Pecans
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 Lemon

Conversions

Click here for a cooking conversions chart

Instructions

 

• Chop the pecans into halves and dry fry in a hot frying pan for a couple of minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Top and tail the beans and drop carefully into a pan of boiling water. Return to the boil and cook for 6-8 minutes until tender, then drain.
• Melt the butter in a shallow pan, then add the beans, toasted pecans and the juice and zest of the lemon.
• Warm through and serve.

Keyword beans, nuts, sides