Green Beans with Tomatoes and Olives

Name: Green Beans with Tomatoes and Olives
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 5 ounces, grape tomatoes, halved; 1/2 cup pitted, kalamata olives, halved; 1/4 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 , shallot, minced; 1 tablespoon, red wine vinegar; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; , Salt and pepper; 1 1/2 pounds, green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch lengths; 1/2 cup, water; 3 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

Here's how to dress up green beans with lively Mediterranean flavors.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We were after a fresh, Mediterranean-inspired green bean side. While many recipes for green beans call for blanching and then sautéing them, we sautéed the green beans first to get browning and then added water to the pan and covered it to ...

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