Paula Deen: Classic Spicy Green Beans Recipe - Serves 10 (2024)

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How to make Paula Deen green beans? ›

Add green beans to pan and sauté over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add boiling water to pan and cover. Cook for about 15 minutes, just until beans are tender. Add vinegar, butter and salt and pepper and stir.

Although there's no hard-and-fast rule to predict exactly how hungry your guests will be, this formula should get you through the farmer's market or grocery store with confidence that you've got it right: Assume that one serving of green beans is about one cup, or 5 oz, with about 12 to 13 green beans per cup, ...

To serve 200 half-cup portions of green beans, one would need 8 #10 cans, as each can provides approximately 26 half-cup portions.

Adding baking soda to boiling water before adding the green beans prevents the beans from turning brown as they cook. The baking soda also helps soften the beans so they are not stringy.

As with other vegetables, give them a thorough rinse before you are ready to cook with them. Trim the stem end (the end where the bean connected to the plant) which looks brown and is too tough to eat. The other end can be trimmed, but is perfectly edible, so the choice is yours.

Serving information

Average serving size is estimated to be 1/4 cup of uncooked beans (56.70 grams) per person (approx. 1/2 cup or 113.40 grams of cooked beans). Based on this serving size, one 110 lb. bag (50kg) of uncooked beans will yield approximately 880 servings.

Then, I toss the blanched beans with olive oil, lemon juice and zest, garlic, and salt to pep up their flavor. Serve them just like that, or dress them up more with toasted almonds or pine nuts, grated Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, or fresh herbs like basil, parsley, or thyme.

"Because they're harvested earlier, haricot verts also tend to be more tender, earthier in flavor and more expensive than traditional green beans."

On a cooking note, regarding tough green beans, you may be undercooking them.

The legendary green beans recipe suggests simmering onion, green beans, and garlic in broth and finishing with crumbled fried bacon. This will not only improve the flavor, but the crispy bacon bits will also do wonders for the texture and are a perfect antidote to tender green beans.

How to fancy up green beans? ›

Then, I toss the blanched beans with olive oil, lemon juice and zest, garlic, and salt to pep up their flavor. Serve them just like that, or dress them up more with toasted almonds or pine nuts, grated Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, or fresh herbs like basil, parsley, or thyme.