Green Beans ... ideas please

[mc55]

well my emperor beans (green beans) are cropping like mad and I need some ideas on what to do with them.  We've had them sliced in a tomato & veggie sausage stew, which was yummy, but still have a carrier bag that is overflowing with them  :o

Also, are they always squeaky when you eat them  ???

[mc55]

[Biscombe]

Strange one here!!!

GRECIAN GREEN BEANS COCA-COLA

 
       2 cn (16 oz ea) small whole
            Green beans, drained
       2    Shallots or small onions,
            Peeled, thinly sliced, and
            Separated into individual
            Rings
       2 cl Garlic, minced
     1/4 c  Fresh parsley, chopped
       2 tb Sugar
       2 ts Oregano leaves
       2 ts Prepared mustard
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/2 c  COCA-COLA
     1/4 c  Olive oil
       2 tb Vinegar
 
   In a large bowl, combine the garlic, parsley, sugar, oregano, mustard,
   salt, Coca-Cola, olive oil, and vinegar, stirring until the sugar is
   dissolved.  Add the beans and shallots/onions; toss lightly with a fork.
   Pack into 1 quart jar.  Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight
   for the flavors to blend. Serve chilled or as a hot vegetable

This one is a bit more 'normal!'

MASALEDAR SEM [SPICY GREEN BEANS]

   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1 1/2   lb           Green beans.  Trim and then
                         Cut in half cr
    1 1/2                Inches fresh ginger, 1 inch
                         -thick -- Peel and chop
   10                    Cloves garlic, peeled
    1       c            Water
    4       tb           Vegetable oil
    3       ts           Whole cumin seeds
    2       ts           Ground coriander seeds
    2       md           Tomatoes, peeled and finely
                         Chopped to tas
                         Salt
                         Freshly ground pepper
    3       tb           Lemon juice (or to taste)

   1.  Put  ginger  and garlic into a food processor and
   add 1/2 cup water. Blend until fairly smooth.
   2. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a
   medium  flame.    When hot, put in the cumin seeds.
   Stir for half a minute. 3. Pour  in  the
   ginger-garlic  paste.    Stir  and cook for about two
   minutes.  Put in the coriander and stir a few times.
   4. Put in the chopped tomatoes.  Stir and cook for  2
   minutes  mashing the tomato pieces with the back of a
   slotted spoon. 5. Put in the beans and salt and one
   cup of water.  Bring to simmer. 6. Cover,  turn heat
   to low and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the beans
   are tender enough. 7. Remove the cover.  Add the lemon
   juice  and  a  generous  amount  of freshly ground
   pepper. 8. Turn  up  the  heat and boil away the
   remaining liquid, stirring the beans gently as you do
   so.
   

[Mrs Ava]

Some interesting bean recipes here.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/wsabji2.htm

Scroll down to Gujerati Sem, it is a delicious green bean staple in this house, delicious hot or cold!

[tim]

Squeaky? They tend to be. Just don't listen!!