Braised Green Beans With Lemon

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb green beans (3 cups cleaned)
• 2 cups onions, thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup parsley, minced
• 1/4 cup dill, minced
• 1/4 cup mint, minced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4-1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/8-1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• lemon wedge

Recipe

• 1 wash the beans, break off both ends, and break them in half.
• 2 mix the herbs and garlic together.
• 3 in a dutch oven, layer 1 cup of onions on the bottom of the pan, top with beans, then herb mix, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and drizzle with 1/2 of the olive oil.
• 4 finish with the remaining cup of onions before drizzling with the last 1/2 of olive oil.
• 5 cover and cook over medium high heat until the pan lid is hot. as soon as the lid is hot, turn the heat down to low and simmer for 1/2 hour, or until the beans are very soft and tender.
• 6 stir in 1/8 cup lemon juice.
• 7 taste and add more lemon juice, salt, or freshly ground black pepper, as needed.