Green Bean And Lemon Casserole Recipes

QUICK-COOKED GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Blanch green beans in a large pot of salted water until tender, 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large plate or rimmed baking sheet to cool.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add garlic and cook until softened and just beginning to color, 1 to 2 minutes. Add green beans and season generously with salt and pepper. When green beans are hot, toss in lemon slices and cook 1 minute over high. Check seasoning -- beans should be well-seasoned and bright but not too sour. Serve hot, or preferably at room temperature.

GARLIC LEMON GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil green beans until crisp tender and drain.
• Add oil,lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper and toss to coat.
• Place in ungreased 2 qt baking dish.
• Mix crumbs, cheese and butter together and sprinkle over bean mixture.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

GREEN BEAN AND LEMON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Bring a big pot of water to the boil, while you top and tail (trim) the beans. Once the water has come to the boil, salt it and cook the beans until they have lost their rawness (about 6 minutes after the water comes back to the boil), but retain a bit of crunch.
• Strain them, and put the pot back on the stove over a low heat with the butter and olive oil. While the butter melts, chop up the lemon. Put it on a chopping board, cut a slice off each end, just enough to remove skin and pith, and then cut downwards, turning the lemon as you go, to peel the fruit fully. Don't worry if in order to remove all the pith you cut into the fruit a bit: just take the pieces of fruity peel over to the pan and squeeze in any juice you can. Then cut the lemon up on the board: I just slice and let each slice tumble into bits on its own. Add the lemon pieces and all the juice that collects to the melted butter and stir well with a wooden spoon, adding the drained beans.
• Swirl the pan vigorously and turn the beans in the lemony butter. Add salt to taste and lots of freshly ground pepper. I love white pepper (out of deference to my mother's taste and practice) or the much-abominated 1980s restaurant-style mixed pepper, but neither is crucial.
• Remove to a warmed casserole making sure you don't leave any lemony, buttery juices behind.

PORK CHOP AND GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Spray square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches, with cooking spray. Trim fat from pork if necessary. Sprinkle both sides of pork with salt and pepper.
• Spray 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Cook pork in skillet about 10 minutes, turning once, until brown. Place in baking dish.
• Mix remaining ingredients except onions in medium bowl. Spread over pork chops.
• Bake uncovered about 50 minutes or until mixture is bubbly. Sprinkle onions over casserole. Bake uncovered 5 minutes.