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 the 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 I served them with and they will be on our dinner table again soon.
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 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 from the pan and place them on a paper towel lined plate to drain, then season with sea salt, to taste, immediately; set aside.
Bring a pot of salted water to 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 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 (if any) on the beans 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 3-4 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from the pan and place them on a paper towel lined plate to drain, then season with sea salt, to taste, immediately; set aside.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to 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 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 (if any) on the beans 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!!