Mixed garlic and lemon beans

Name: Mixed garlic and lemon beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Accompaniment
Ingredients: 500.00 g green beans; 7.00 ml fresh chillies 573; 2.00 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 400.00 g butter beans tinned, drained and rinsed; 15.00 ml lemon peel and juice; 30.00 ml onion crispy bits; 0.00 salt and freshly ground black pepper

4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 15 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (7)

500.00 g	green beans
7.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573
2.00	garlic — cloves, thinly sliced
400.00 g	butter beans — tinned, drained and rinsed
15.00 ml	lemon — peel and juice
30.00 ml	onion — crispy bits
0.00	salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

Cook beans in rapidly boiling salted water for five minutes, till just cooked but still crunchy and bright green.
Drain and cover to keep warm.
Peel the lemon with a potato peeler and then use a sharp knife to slice the peel into thin strips.
Heat olive oil in a large pan and sauté garlic over a low heat for a minute.
Add butterbeans, lemon peel and juice, salt, pepper and cooked beans to pan.
Cook to heat through, about five minutes, shaking the pan to combine flavours.
Transfer to a warm bowl and sprinkle the crispy onion bits over the beans.