Green Beans with Salsa
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My mother is the only person I know who prepares green beans with salsa. It is such an easy and delicious dish and perfect for the summer when fresh green beans are plentiful. The trick of course to great tasting green beans is getting fresh beans; the best come from neighborhood gardens or the local farmers market. You must remember to remove the strings. As you snap the beans to remove the stem end, pull down the side of the bean to draw out the tough string that sometimes accompanies green beans.
Green Beans with Salsa Recipe
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Ingredients
- Fresh green beans - 1 1b, strings removed, stem end cut off, cut into even sized pieces, approximately 2" long
- Olive oil
- Prepared salsa
Method
Place beans in a large saucepan. Add just enough water to cover the beans. Bring to a boil. Continue to boil with the pot uncovered, until the water has almost completely boiled away. Remove from stove, strain out the remaining water, place beans in a serving bowl. Toss the beans with enough olive oil to coat them, as if you were tossing a salad. Add about 1/2 cup of prepared salsa, and toss with the beans. Adjust to taste. If the beans are too hot, add more olive oil. If they could use more spiciness add more salsa.
Serves four.
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It looks a bit like the classical «haricots à la provençale», which are a mix of tomatoes, onions, garlic and herbs! The spicy taste of a salsa and the exotic spices like coriander that it usually contains probably gives it a very nice twist :)
Oh, and by the way, you're one of my favorite foodblog photographer around! Your artistic blurs and low color saturation give each picture a sense of... I wouldn't know how to say... delicious chic? Nevermind how to say it, but I love it :)