Runner Beans with Olive Oil, Lemon Juice and Garlic
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Watch your guests go berserk over beans. This no-fail Syrian staple is ridiculously good and an absolute favourite for its sheer simplicity. I love how one ingredient can have so much impact. The key is to get a lot of colour on the beans prior to tossing in the dressing. If you can’t find runner beans, use green beans – but remember, they’ll cook faster. Smash a bowl of these as you would hot chips, eat them with flatbread and labne, or cold the next day as a lunchy leftover.
Recipe details
Serves: Recipe for 4.
Protein: Vegetarian
Ingredients
800 g (1 lb 12 oz) runner beans
2 tablespoons grape seed oil
3 garlic cloves, grated then minced finely
juice of 2 lemons
80 ml (2½ fl oz/⅓ cup) olive oil
Method
Heat up a griddle or preferably a charcoal grill. Coat the beans in the oil and then place the beans on the highest heat possible and burn one side, then the other. Immediately remove from the heat, put in a bowl and toss in the garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. If you used runner beans, it looks great to lie them all next to each other neatly. Serve!