This green bean dish is easy and fast to make for a simple side dish packed full of flavor. Fresh thyme makes the dish feel like the holidays, but feel free to swap it out a different fresh herb like oregano or majoram as this dish is good enough for all year round. Don’t use dried herbs though, the dish really relies on brighter green herbal notes that you can only get from fresh.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword green beans, pistachios, shallots, side dish, thyme, vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Calories 133kcal
Author Irvin
Ingredients
2poundsgreen beans
4tablespoonsunsalted butter
3medium shallotsdiced (about 1/2 cup)
2tablespoonschopped Italian Parsley
1tablespoonfresh thyme leavessee headnote above
1/2cupshelled pistachioschopped or crushed
Salt and pepper
Instructions
Trim the green beans of the ends and then rinse off. Bring a large pot of salted water (it should be salty like the ocean) to a boil. Add the green beans to the water and cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until the beans are tender but still crisp. Drain in a colander and then put them in a serving bowl.
While the green beans are cooking, prep the other ingredients. Pro tip, my favorite way to break up pistachios is by placing them in a quart-sized freezer ziplock bag and crushing them with a rolling pin. That way you aren’t chasing the nuts all over the chopping board and your countertop as you chop them.
Place the butter, shallots, parsley, thyme and pistachios in a large saute pan. Cook the remaining ingredients over medium heat until the shallots are soft and translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Once the shallots are done, pour the entire content of the saute pan over the green beans and toss to mix together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.