This was great. I used Costco's baby green beans which I had previously cooked and frozen and added sauteed mushrooms. I served it with Spanish style pork loin, smoked, from (otherwhitemeat) website and roasted potatoes.
Green Beans with Caramelized Onions
Becky Luigart-Stayner; Jan Gautro
Prepare the onions up to 2 days ahead and refrigerate. Add them to the green beans in a last-minute sauté just before serving. The onions are thawed to reduce the liquid that can splatter in the hot pan.
Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
Recipe from
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 89
- Calories from fat: 29%
- Fat: 2.9g
- Saturated fat: 0.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 2.5g
- Carbohydrate: 15.4g
- Fiber: 4.6g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 1.4mg
- Sodium: 249mg
- Calcium: 67mg
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 (16-ounce) packages frozen pearl onions, thawed
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 2 pounds green beans, trimmed
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Preparation
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Pat onions dry with paper towels; add to pan. Increase heat to medium-high; sauté onions 5 minutes. Add sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt; sauté 15 minutes or until onions are tender and golden brown. Spoon into a bowl.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add beans; sauté 8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper; cook 2 minutes or until mixture is thoroughly heated.
Green Beans with Caramelized Onions Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Side Dishes/Vegetables
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Meatless, Low Saturated Fat
- OCCASION: Christmas, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, Birthdays/Anniversaries
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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