Best Steamed Green Beans Recipes

SIMPLE STEAMED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Prepare green beans by snapping them or cutting them to approx 1 inch in length and rinsing them.
• Over a pot of boiling water, steam beans for 15-20 minutes (until just tender with a little"bite" to them; Also, to steam I use a covered colander over a Dutch oven filled 1/4th full with water) Remove steamed beans and turn into a serving bowl.
• Add all of the rest of the ingredients, seasoning to taste.
• Enjoy!

STEAMED FRESH GREEN BEANS WITH GARLIC DILL HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place turkey bacon in a skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Cook to desired crispness, turning occasionally, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool slightly. Chop bacon into small pieces.
• Mix Swanson® Chicken Stock, cream, lemon juice, minced garlic, and dill in a microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute, 30 seconds.
• Place water in the bottom of a double boiler; water should not touch the bottom of the top pan. Bring water to a boil. Lightly beat egg yolks in the top of the double boiler. Cook, stirring until thickened and egg yolks are about double in volume, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
• Gradually whisk in stock/cream mixture, whisking until completely combined. Mix thoroughly for another minute. Season with 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Remove from heat and cover to keep sauce warm.
• Set a steamer basket insert into a large saucepan. Pour in Swanson® Chicken Broth to just below the bottom of the steamer; bring to a boil. Add green beans, season with 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and steam until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Discard leftover chicken broth or reserve for another use.
• Transfer beans to a serving dish; sprinkle with bacon crumbles. Top with hollandaise sauce and serve.

MICROWAVE-STEAMED GARLIC GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans, garlic, butter, and cup water in a 2- to 2 1/2-quart shallow microwave-safe dish with a lid; season with salt. Cover, and microwave on high until beans are crisp-tender, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir, and pour off any excess liquid.

MASHED POTATOES AND STEAMED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• You can boil the potatoes and steam the beans at the same time. Start with the potatoes: put them in a large pot and cover with cold water. Add 1 tablespoon salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender when you stick a fork in them, about 30 minutes. At the same time, combine the cream and butter in a small saucepan and warm over low heat until the butter is melted. Remove from the heat and cover to keep warm.
• While the potatoes are cooking, start on the beans. Break the beans in half and put them in a colander large enough to fit over the pot the potatoes are cooking in; set aside. Now heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil, add the bacon and cook until the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes to the pan, crushing them in your hand as you do so, to break them up. Stir in the sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• When the potatoes have cooked about 20 minutes, put the colander over the pot and cover the whole thing with aluminum foil. Continue cooking until the beans are crisp-tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the colander from pot and dump the beans into the pan with the tomato sauce; fold in the beans and season with salt and pepper.
• Now drain the potatoes in the same colander and dump them back into the pot. While the potatoes are still hot, pour in the warm cream and butter and mash the potatoes with a potato masher. Season with salt and pepper.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS WITH ROASTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix tomatoes, garlic cloves, salt, pepper, and olive oil in a large bowl; spread into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Roast tomatoes in the preheated oven until they are lightly flecked with brown spots and the garlic cloves are tender, about 45 minutes; remove from oven after 20 minutes and mash lightly with a spatula.
• About 5 minutes before tomatoes are done, place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add green beans, cover, and steam until just tender, about 5 minutes. Place steamed green beans into a serving dish and combine with roasted tomatoes to serve.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Trim green beans; add to reserved pot of boiling water from Rosemary Potatoes; add more water if necessary (or bring 1/2 inch water to a boil). Cover; cook, turning occasionally, until tender, about 4 to 6 minutes.
• Drain beans. Transfer to a serving platter; season with salt and pepper.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• 1. Steam the green beans until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• 2. Heat the oil in a saute` pan and add the almond slivers. Saute over medium heat until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• 3. Add the green beans and butter. Turn of the heat and give it a squeeze of lemon juice. Toss together and season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with fresh parsley.

EXTRA SPECIAL STEAMED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Wash and snap the green beans. Place in a steamer basket and steam for about 18 minutes or until desired tenderness.
• Place beans in serving bowl and drizzle with olive oil, stirring to coat. Sprinkle half the brown sugar on, toss to coat. Sprinkle on remaining brown sugar and pepper, tossing again.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Steam green beans in a steamer for 7 minutes. Place green beans and butter in saucepan and heat through. Season with salt, to taste.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Steam green beans until bright green and crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. (Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 3 days.) To serve, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt, and squeeze with lemon.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON AND SESAME SEEDS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the salt and beans.
• Cook until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl of ice water.
• Drain the beans and pat them dry. Transfer to a serving bowl. Drizzle with the oil and lemon juice and toss.
• Sprinkle with the zest and sesame seeds.

STEAMED RED POTATOES & GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Wash veggies.
• Half, then quarter potatoes and snap ends off beans.
• Combine potatoes 1tsp garlic, 1tsp rosemary and 1/2 tbsp olive oil in bowl. Toss to coat, mixing well.
• Combine green beans and remainder of ingredients in a separate bowl. Toss to coat, mixing well.
• Steam potatoes in electric steamer for 30 minutes.
• When potatoes have 10 minutes left, add green beans, carefully mixing (so as not to break the potatoes).
• Pierce a potato with a fork to test for doneness.

STEAMED SNOW PEAS, BROCCOLI AND GREEN BEANS WITH GINGER HONEY SOY DRESSING

Steps:

• Heat a pot with boiling salted water and cover with a steamer basket. Add the vegetables and steam about 5 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked but still green and crisp. Drizzle with the Ginger Honey Soy Dressing.

REBOOT - MEAL - STEAMED SNOW PEAS, BROCCOLI AND GREEN BEANS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat a pot with boiling salted water and cover with a steamer basket. Add the vegetables and steam about 5 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked but still green and crisp. Drizzle with your favorite Reboot Dressing

STEAMED GREEN BEANS WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Steam green beans for 7 minutes. Meanwhile toast pine nuts in pan, until lightly golden, Add green beans and 2 tablespoons butter to pan and cook until just warm. Season with salt, to taste.

SWISS CHARD, GREEN BEANS & MUSHROOMS - STEAMED

Steps:

• Wash Swiss chard and clip tough ends, wash and cut tips off green beans but leave whole.
• In the meantime, clean and slice mushrooms; Genourously pray frypan with veggie spray and saute mushrooms until browned on both sides about 5 minutes.
• Place whole green beans on the bottom of a large steamer; place Swiss chard on top of green beans, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Add the sauteed mushrooms on top of the Swiss chard; turn veggies over in the steamer a couple of times to mix them. Bring water to boil; reduce heat to medium and steam for approximately 10 minutes.
• Place cheese slices on top of veggies in steamer, replace lid and steam a further 2 minutes of until cheese melts. Remove from steamer, cut in half and serve immediately.

STEAMED FRESH GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• You will need a vegetable steamer or a pan or appliance adaptable to steaming. I use an electric wok that has a steaming ring that rests above the water level. Put enough water in the pan, etc., so the water will not touch the beans when it boils. With the steamer in the pan, bring the water to a boil. Place the green beans on the steamer above the water. Cover the pan and steam the beans until crunchy tender. Cooking time will vary. Young beans will steam-cook faster than older, mature green beans, which may take up to 20 minutes. Occasionally taste-test one for doneness. They should be slightly crunchy, not limp. Don't overcook. Meanwhile, as beans are steaming, finely grate the rind from the lemon and set aside. Then squeeze the juice from the lemon and set aside. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat, being careful not to let it burn. Add the grated lemon rind and heat briefly. Then stir in lemon juice to taste and remove from heat. When the beans are done, remove them from the steamer and place in a large bowl. Pour the lemon butter over the hot beans and toss till coated. Taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper as needed. Place in serving dish.

STEAMED GREEN BEANS, CELERY, RED PEPPER & ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring 3/4"of water in the bottom of a double boiler to a boil.
• Add the beans, celery & oregano to the top of the double boiler, cover & steam for 10 Minutes.
• Add onions & red pepper continue steaming for a further 5 minutes.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Toss with butter if using.

STEAMED & SAUTEED GREEN BEANS AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place a high sided 10" heavy skillet on high heat, pour in water, add oil and seasonings, stir, add green beans and cover.
• Cook for 6 minutes.
• Remove cover, add chicken and soy sauce, stir until liquid is almost gone.
• Adjust seasoning and serve.

STEAMED FISH (WITHOUT A STEAMER) WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Prepare the fish first. Trim the fish to remove any bones. Put it on a plate that is bigger than the pan you are going to use to cook the beans. Add salt, pepper and the juice of half a lemon. Save the other half of the lemon for serving.
• Trim the ends off the green beans.
• Put the beans in a pan with cold salted water.
• Put the fish plate on top of the pan and the pan lid on top of the plate to cover the fish. The heat of the plate is your improvised steamer.
• Bring the pan to a boil and simmer for about 5 to 8 minutes or until the beans are cooked. This should be enough time to cook the fish as well. If your fish fillets are thick, turn the fish half way through cooking the beans.
• Drain the beans.
• Pour the juices from the fish over the beans and toss through.
• Place the fish on plates and drizzle olive oil over the fish. The best extra-virgin olive oil adds a wonderful flavour to the fish. If you don't like the fruity flavour of olive oil, then skip this step or use milder oil.
• Serve with the beans on the side, lemon wedges and crusty bread to mop up the juices.