These cranberry and garlic green beans marry sweet with savory, and are a delicious addition to any Thanksgiving meal
Ingredients
- 1 pound green beans or haricot verts (French green beans)
- 1/2 cup dried, sweetened cranberry
- 2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt and pepper, or to your liking
Instructions
- Rinse and drain the green beans. Trim the green bean ends.
- Fill your saucepan with four quarts of water, cover, and bring to a boil over high heat.
- While waiting, measure out the cranberries, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Also, fill a large bowl with ice water for submerging the beans after boiling.
- When water is boiling, add the green beans and cook for 3-5 minutes over medium high heat. Drain well and immediately plunge the beans into a bowl of ice water. Let sit for a minute and then drain the beans again.
- Add the beans, cranberries, garlic, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar together in a large bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix well.
- This dish tastes delicious served either warm or cold. It’s even better the next day. Enjoy!
- Substitutions for Dried Cranberries – If you aren’t able to have any sugar or you’re just not a huge cranberry fan, here are other options to use in place of red berries in this recipe: small cherry tomatoes, pimentos, chopped pickled beets, tart cherries, red currants, pomegranate seeds, or raspberries.
- Savory Spice Suggestions – If you want to add more pizazz to the plate, feel free to use crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, cracked pepper, toasted sesame seeds, or parsley with fresh lemon juice. Feel free to add as much garlic as you wish, or none at all.