Nutty Green Beans

Name: Nutty Green Beans
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon, sugar; , Table salt; 1/2 , medium red onion, sliced thin; 1/2 cup, walnuts, roughly chopped; 1 pound, green beans, ends snapped off; 2 teaspoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh tarragon; , Ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2005

Side Dishes

Vegetables

30-Minute Suppers

Green beans again? Red onions, walnuts, and a hot vinaigrette are an easy way to improve this tired side dish.

SERVES4

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We started our recipe for Nutty Green Beans by blanching the green beans in salted, boiling water until tender. The salt in the cooking liquid flavored the beans through to the center, and also helped keep the green beans bright green. We a...

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