Skillet-Charred Green Beans with Crispy Bread-Crumb Topping

Name: Skillet-Charred Green Beans with Crispy Bread-Crumb Topping
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, panko bread crumbs; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; ¾ teaspoon, kosher salt; ¼ teaspoon, pepper; ¼ teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 pound, green beans, trimmed

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Skillet-charring produces deeply browned green beans with satisfying chew.

SERVES4

TIME40 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Deep-frying green beans evenly softens and blisters them, leaving them with a soft, appealingly dense, satisfying chew and concentrated flavor. To achieve those results without the hassle of frying, we first softened the beans by steaming t...

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