Cooking Tips & Techniques
Food & Cooking Tips
Food
& Cooking Tips from the Greenbeansnmore Kitchen
These are a few cooking tips that we've discovered as we've prepared our different green bean recipes. Some you may know, and a few you may not know. We hope they're helpful to you.
Garlic
There is nothing as bitter as burned garlic.
It can literally ruin a dish. When a recipe calls for cooking garlic in
olive oil do so over a very low heat and carefully watch the dish. If
you do burn the garlic you'll want to start over.
Lemons
The skin of the lemon holds
a lot of taste, and smell. When a dish calls for lemon juice add a bit
less juice and add some lemon zest. When you zest the skin only use the
top layer. Don't use the white pith, which is very bitter.
Mushrooms
The secret to having mushrooms brown is not adding salt while cooking
them. When you add salt the mushrooms give off water and won't brown.
Don't add salt until you have cooked the mushrooms as desired.
Purple
green beans
They are best used raw. Once heat is applied to them they will loose their
color (it bleeds out). Some chef's suggest the best way to cook purple
green beans and have them retain their best color is to "butter baste"
them.
Soy sauce vs. tamari
Soy sauce is best for everyday cooking such as stir frying or seasoning
vegetables, as it harmonizes and enhances without overpowering. Tamari,
with its stronger flavor, is traditionally used to season longer cooking
food such as soups, stews, and baked dishes.
Russian Green Beans in Sour Cream & Tomato Sauce
This is a recipe that we attribute to The Best Foods of Russia by Sonia Uvezian. It's a tasty and delightful green bean dish unlike any other we've had. It was our first attempt at Russian cuisine and a success! We used regular fat sour cream but you can certainly substitute light.
Cooking tips and techniques
These are a few cooking tips that we've discovered as we've prepared our different green bean recipes. Some you may know, and a few you may not know. We hope they're helpful to you. Garlic There is nothing as bitter as burned garlic. It can literally ruin a dish. When a recipe calls for cooking garlic in olive oil do so over a very low heat and carefully watch the dish.
Sweet & Sour Green Bean Recipe
This is a very tasty and very easy green bean recipe. When we make this dish we splurge and get thick sliced bacon from the deli counter. We also like the taste of red onions in this dish. Sweet and Sour Green Beans 1 pound trimmed green beans 4 pieces lean bacon 3 tablespoons chopped onion 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt.
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