Skillet Green Beans with Walnuts

Name: Skillet Green Beans with Walnuts
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2/3 cup, chopped walnuts; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 1 tablespoon, brown sugar; 3/4 teaspoon, ground ginger; Pinch, cayenne pepper; , Salt and pepper; 2 pounds, green beans, stem ends trimmed; 1/4 cup, water

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2009

For the holidays, we wanted to dress green beans in their Sunday best.

SERVES8

TIME35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Sautéing the beans in butter developed a toasty flavor for our Skillet Green Beans with Walnuts, and a short steam ensured a crisp texture. Adding cinnamon made the dish taste like dessert. We nixed the spice in favor of brown sugar and gin...

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