Steamed

For cooking steamed green beans, use a steamer or a basket to place inside a pan with water to boil. Here too the cooking time must not exceed 5 minutesat the end of which you will have to put them in cold water with ice, to prevent them from blackening.

Baked

After boiling or steaming them, they can be prepared baked green beans. Take a baking dish and sprinkle some breadcrumbs and grated Parmesan on the bottom, create layers, interspersing these ingredients with the green beans. Then sprinkle everything with oil and place the baking dish in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for approximately 10-15 minutes.

In the microwave

If you want to save time and electricity, you can also prepare green beans in the microwave. Using a steamer, place the covered legumes in the oven, cooking for 5 minutes at maximum power. Remove the container, mix and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. After letting everything rest for 5 minutes, season and serve.

To prepare the stewed green beans, heat the aromatic chopped parsley, garlic and chilli pepper in a pan. After cooking for 3 minutes, add the peeled tomatoes, season with salt and add the boiled green beans. After flavoring them, serve them as a side dish to a meat dish.

How to choose them

Fresh green beans should be chosen based on their colour, which must be uniform, and their pod, which is intact and firm. If folded, they break easily and have no wrinkles on the outside.

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