Fried Green Beans

While doing a little research on this, I actually came across another dish I've never heard of before: deep fried green beans which look like green french fries. I'm not talking about this, what I'm talking about is panfried green beans.

Pan fried green beans are something that I got introduced to by my mother-in-law. I think what she made originated as a southern dish that was probably intended as a use for leftover green beans. She would take some onion and saute it in a iron skillet with some butter and olive oil. After the onions had started to caramelize, she would add the green beans (which were french cut if I remember) and let them fry just until some of the green beans were just starting to brown. That rocked.

The year later at Thanksgiving she replaced the green bean casserole with this same dish, except that she had added toasted almond shavings to the whole dish. It made it slightly sweet and added a crunch that really enhanced the flavor. The onions and almonds both were sweet, the onions and green beans were both salty and savory, and together just made a great side dish. I'm sure you could find a good recipe online if you wanted to try this. I'd recommend replacing your next green bean casserole with this as green bean casserole is so 90's.