Last night at dinner I discovered String Bean Theory. Ha! That's a little joke for all my multiverse-minded friends out there. I didn't really discover anything. But I did buy a big package of fresh green sting beans at my favorite Asian market.
I don't often cook with string beans, even though I do like them. I'm not sure why I don't buy them more often and I think I probably should. But, I don't have many options for what to do with them. I usually just boil or steam them and have them with salt and maybe a little butter. Add a few almond slivers on top and you have green beans almondine. There's always Phyllis Beans, which is my family's name for your standard cream-of-mushroom green bean casserole. (See, when my mom was taught how to make it by her mother-in-law, my gma Phyllis, she didn't know it was a fairly common thing. She thought it was my gma's special recipe, so she always called them Phyllis Beans, and so did we. I therefore didn't know other people made it, either, until I was well into my teens.) Or, I could cook some sort of string bean stir-fry, which was my purpose for this particular bean purchase.
But, I don't know many other uses. Maybe it's time for a search on Epicurious. I wanna know what fabulous ideas you all have for string beans. There must be some good ideas out there.
Happy eating!
I know Shan does this yummy thing w/green beans - cooks them w/lots o' garlic then serves them cold w/freshly squeezed lemon juice and a ton of Parmesan chs. I don't have the exact recipe, though:) I like steaming them for a couple of minutes, then finishing them off in a pan w/butter, garlic salt and pepper. yum.
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