Gremolata Green Beans

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon, zest of, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (i use lite)

Recipe

• 1 to make the gremolata: the ingredients must be hand chopped with a knife.
• 2 stir together the zest, parsley, garlic and salt.
• 3 slowly pour in the oil constantly stirring until it is well blended.
• 4 it can be kept covered in the fridge for 3 days.
• 5 steam the bean until crisp tender.
• 6 while hot, toss with two tablespoons of "gremolata" and sprinkle with lemon juice
• 7 serve hot or at room temperature (the lemon juice will turn the beans brown so do not do this ahead of time).