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Green Beans With Citrus Butter Sauce

These beans are particularly delicious with Michael's "Sugar-Seared Salmon With Cream Sauce" (see recipe).

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozGreen beans - trimmed
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1 tablespoon 15mlGrated orange peel
2 teaspoons 10mlGrated lemon peel
2   Garlic cloves - minced
1/4 cup 59mlCanned low-salt chicken broth
2 tablespoons 30mlButter - (1/4 stick)
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Cook beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain well.

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add orange peel, lemon peel, and garlic and stir 1 minute. Add broth and simmer 1 minute. Add butter and beans. Toss until beans are heated through and sauce coats beans, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, June 2002

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