Green beans are not one of my favorite vegetables.  So, I don’t cook them often. However, my husband really likes them, so I try to buy and cook them every once and awhile.  My husband like his green beans fresh and steamed.  However, I like them in a green bean casserole.  In a casserole they are doused in a creamy sauce and topped with dried onions to mask their flavor.  I also tolerate green beans cooked in a chicken tater tot casserole, again doused in a cream sauce.  I was looking for a new way to cook green beans.

Over the holidays I was looking for a way to cook some green beans. I wanted a simple way to give the green beans some enhanced flavor.  Thus, the green beans would be more desirable to eat.  I thought about frying them in a skillet.  Skillet frying would keep the green bean whole and not allow them to get soggy.

This skillet frying method made for a very flavorful green bean.  I think this is the first time I remember eating a green bean that I didn’t want to stop eating them they tasted so delicious.  The secret. I think the frying green beans in butter gives it a creamier taste.  The sprinkle of salt enhances the flavor of the green bean while masking any bitter flavors of the vegetable and allowing the sweetness of the green bean to shine through.  Since I have discovered this new way, I will be making green beans more often.