Olive Garden Restaurant Green Beans With Tomato And Garlic

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lb fresh green beans, cleaned
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup tomato, deseeded and diced
• salt, as needed
• ground black pepper, as needed

Recipe

• 1 after you have washed the green beans, remove the ends.
• 2 blanche the green beans in salted boiling water for one minute. drain and run cold water over them to stop the cooking process.
• 3 in a large nonstick frying pan heat the oil over medium heat.
• 4 add the garlic and cook for one minute.
• 5 add the green beans and cook for another minute.
• 6 add the tomato pieces and cook until the green beans are tender but still green. (sometimes i'll add 1/4 cup water and cover the pan for a bit if the green beans are having trouble getting tender.).
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 serve at once.