Green Beans Amandine
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 392. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 pound green beans or one 9-ounce package frozen cut or French-style green beans
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Cut fresh beans into 1-inch pieces or, for French-style, into lengthwise slices. Cook, covered, in a small amount of boiling water 20 to 25 minutes for cut beans (10 to 12 minutes for French-style beans) or till crisp-tender. (Or, cook frozen beans according to package directions.) Drain.
- Meanwhile, cook and stir almonds in margarine over medium heat till golden. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice. Stir almond mixture into beans.
- Microwave directions: In a 1 1/2-quart casserole micro-cook fresh beans and 2 tablespoons water, covered, on 100% power (high) for 13 to 15 minutes for cut beans (12 to 14 minutes for French-style) or till crisp-tender, stirring once. (Or, cook frozen beans according to package microwave directions.) Drain. Return to casserole; keep warm.
- Meanwhile, cook almonds in margarine on the range top as above. Continue as above.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Green beans almondine.jpg" by Kathy Maister; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_beans_almondine.jpg. Representative photo; cropped/resized.
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