Brown Butter Green Beans with Crispy Shallots and Pine Nuts
This recipe for brown butter green beans with crispy shallots and pine nuts was super easy to make, using ingredients I had on hand, and tasted fantastic. I loved the combination of crisp-tender green beans tossed in some nutty brown butter and then topped with the fried shallots and toasted pine nuts. These green beans paired nicely with the pork chops, mashed potato casserole, and some Parmesan dinner rolls.
Brown Butter Green Beans with Crispy Shallots and Pine Nuts
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp flour
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 8 oz green beans or haricot verts
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
How to Make Brown Butter Green Beans with Crispy Shallots and Pine Nuts
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Combine the flour with a bit of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, in a small bowl. Toss the sliced shallots in the flour, then carefully add them to the HOT oil. Cook, stirring often, for a few minutes until golden brown.
Remove them from the skillet and place on a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Season with sea salt to taste, immediately; set aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, then add the green beans and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
Remove from the hot water immediately and drain on a paper towel. Side Note: This cooking time is for small haricot verts, so add 1-2 minutes of cooking time if you are using regular green beans.
Meanwhile, heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir with a rubber spatula until it starts to foam.
Remove the butter from the heat as soon as it turns a light brown color and has a nutty smell. Be careful not to burn it!!
Add the cooked & drained green beans to the brown butter and toss to coat evenly. Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
Place on a serving plate, drizzle any remaining brown butter over them, then add the crispy shallots and toasted pine nuts on top.
Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp flour
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 8 oz green beans or haricot verts
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Combine the flour with a bit of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, in a small bowl.
- Toss the sliced shallots in the flour, then carefully add them to the HOT oil. Cook, stirring often, for a few minutes until golden brown.
- Remove them from the skillet and place on a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Season with sea salt to taste, immediately; set aside.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, then add the green beans and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
- Remove from the hot water immediately and drain on a paper towel. Side Note: This cooking time is for small haricot verts, so add 1-2 minutes of cooking time if you are using regular green beans.
- Meanwhile, heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir with a rubber spatula until it starts to foam.
- Remove the butter from the heat as soon as it turns a light brown color and has a nutty smell. Be careful not to burn it!!
- Add the cooked & drained green beans to the brown butter and toss to coat evenly. Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Place on a serving plate, drizzle any remaining brown butter over them, then add the crispy shallots and toasted pine nuts on top.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy.
What a great combo of flavours! The nutty and crunchy topping looks so very tempting.
Great combination of ingredients, that crunchy I love for vegetables. As always a pleasure to visit you and enjoy your gastronomic art. A cordial greeting since “Mi Cocina” (Málaga-Spain)
I’m a cook-pole-beans-all-day kind of person but my daughter likes them like this so I’ll forward on to her.
Nice recipe to make green beans taste good.
Now THIS is probably what I want to be eating at Thanksgiving!!