Green Beans with Cilantro Sauce (Mtsvane Lobio Kindzis Satsebelit)

Name: Green Beans with Cilantro Sauce (Mtsvane Lobio Kindzis Satsebelit)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, walnuts; 2 , garlic cloves, unpeeled; 2 1/2 cups, packed fresh cilantro leaves and stems, tough stem ends trimmed (about 2 bunches); 1/2 cup, olive oil; 4 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 , scallion, sliced thin; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt, plus salt for blanching green beans; 1/8 teaspoon, pepper; 2 pounds, green beans, trimmed

Side Dishes

Eastern European & German

Vegetables

SERVES6 to 8

Green Beans with Cilantro Sauce (Mtsvane Lobio Kindzis Satsebelit)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We blanched our green beans in boiling salted water until they were crisp-tender and then shocked them in ice water to halt their cooking. For the sauce, we tried all types of herbs that different recipes suggested—cilantro, basil, parsley,...