List of recipes using Green beans: 16 recipes

Cherry tomato and green bean salad

Here is a quick recipe for a very simple but delicious summer or late summer salad.
8,504 32 min. October 30^th 2022

French bean salad with vinaigrette

A very simple recipe for a salad of green (or yellow) French beans: The beans are boiled first, then thoroughly drained and served mixed with herbs, chopped shallot and a good vinaigrette (french dressing).
52K4.6 9 min. October 27^th 2016

Grandma's salad

This salad harks back to the ones French grandmas used to make: green beans and potatoes (preferably still warm) mixed with diced cheese, parsley and chopped onion in a good vinaigrette dressing.
25K 54 min. September 29^th 2021

Green bean and potato salad with paprika

A warm salad featuring green beans, grilled potatoes and diced Comté cheese, all tossed in a paprika mayonnaise.
2,267 57 min. November 1^st 2023

Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie

This recipe is made from vegetables cut small and blanched, mixed with pieces of salt-cod and cream, then baked in small soup dishes with a puff pastry lid.
263K3.9 4 hours 35 min. September 7^th 2018

Rolls of fish in smoked ham

Pieces of white fish rolled in thinly sliced smoked ham. These rolls are cooked in a little olive oil and served with French beans. The pairing of smoked ham with fish might seem a little strange, but in fact these flavours marry well.
295K4.9 54 min. February 21^th 2011

Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables

A fresh salmon escalope just salt and pepper with small dices of small vegetables.
233K 15 1 hour 28 min. June 22^th 2011

Mexican-style pork medallions

For this recipe with a Mexican flavour (New Mexican, actually), I have used tender medallions of pork fillet mignon. These are first marinated in a spicy oil then pan-fried with the remaining marinade. Serve with green beans and sauce made with a reduced vegetable stock in the frying pan.
57K5 29 min. August 11^th 2023

Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style

For this recipe, small pieces of sautéed pork deglazed with soy sauce, served with green beans and coriander.
4,679 48 min. August 13^th 2023

Green beans "Napoléon"

Apparently, Napoléon Bonaparte had a delicate stomach, so his cook made his cream sauces a little gentler with tomato. Here is a version for green beans, cooked in two stages, with a cream and tomato sauce.
15K 18 min. August 11^th 2023

Green beans with tomato cream sauce

Green beans, cooked separately, are added to a tomato cream made with pan-fried cherry tomatoes with herbs.
3,534 1 hour 7 min. September 27^th 2023

Green beans with tomatoes

Cut green beans simmered with tomatoes and mixed with onions and lightly fried lardons (or small pieces of bacon).
132K 14.7 1 hour 33 min. August 11^th 2023

Green bean purée

Green (or French) beans are usually served whole, for instance as an accompanying vegetable or in a salad, but they make a good purée, too. This is tasty on its own, but also goes very well with meats, and children usually prefer it to "normal" beans.
67K 23 min. August 11^th 2023

Macédoine of vegetables

A macédoine is simply vegetables diced small (carrots and turnips) or cut small (green beans) with peas. The different vegetables are cooked separately "à l'anglaise", then thoroughly drained. They are only combined at the end in a mayonnaise dressing.
143K4 1 hour 24 min. September 3^rd 2014

How to prepare green beans

Here's how to turn freshly bought (or picked) green beans into ready-to-use vegetables.
5,004 22 min. August 11^th 2023

Minestrone

Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup. It is made with a mix of vegetables and a poultry stock. It is quite simple to make, but preparing all the vegetables takes time. There are doubtless as many minestrone recipes as there are Italian cooks, but here is my version.
161K4.3 3 hours 30 min. May 29^th 2011