Perfect Green Beans

Perfect green beans, you can't get any better!

Forget the boiling to death until they lose their color and are mush balls.  When you do this, all of the nutrition and good taste are left in the water.   Instead, this can't get any easier.

Wash and trim beans

Insert into boiling water and blanch for 3-4 minutes

Drain and shock them in ice water to keep them from continued cooking

Now, they're ready to eat.

Warm in a pan with butter or olive oil and two cloves of minced garlic, salt and pepper.  Yum!

Additions could be:
1 Tbsp Sirracha sauce (aisian redpepper and garlic sauce) to make them szechuan.   
Toasted alsmonds
Crispy bacon bits

You name it, it can be done but the beans can stand on their own in this semi crisp, not overcooked state.

Enjoy!