Blistered Green Beans
HB-6192 · Hand-built original · American
Green beans blistered under a hot broiler and finished with olive oil infused with garlic, capers and red pepper flakes, crisped at the last moment and poured over the beans.
AmericanSide0 minServes 2 as a side dish257 kcalVegetarianVeganGluten-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeDiabeticRenal
Main ingredient: green beans
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
Servings:2quantities adjust to match
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or less if you are sensitive to heat)
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 1 lb. green beans, stemmed
- kosher salt to taste
Method
- Heat the broiler to high for at least 15 minutes and line a rimmed sheet pan with aluminium foil for the beans.
- Warm 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a small skillet over low heat with the thinly sliced garlic, the crushed red pepper flakes and the capers, letting the oil infuse slowly without colouring the garlic.
- Toss the stemmed green beans on the prepared sheet pan with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and kosher salt to taste, seasoning them generously.
- Broil the beans for 2 minutes, check how they are charring, toss them if they are blistering, and broil them for about 2 minutes more, watching closely because every broiler behaves differently.
- Take the beans out when they are blistered to your liking, after roughly 5 minutes of broiling in total, and transfer them to a serving platter.
- Raise the heat under the infused oil until it shimmers, stir the garlic and capers as their edges turn golden and crisp, then pull the skillet off the burner the moment the garlic browns.
- Pour the hot garlic, caper and pepper-flake oil over the blistered beans, toss them gently, taste for salt, and serve the beans straight away.
Total: 0h 20m
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
257 kcalCalories
0.9 gProtein
3.6 gCarbs
27.3 gFat
3.8 gSaturates
0.8 gFibre
0.2 gSugars
174 mgSodium
0 mgCholesterol
28 mgPotassium
5 mgCalcium
0.4 mgIron
1 servingServing
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data