# How to prepare green beans

## The essentials

Green beans get topped and tailed, cook six to eight minutes in boiling salted water, and go through cold water to stay green and crisp. Then a turn in the pan with butter or a vinaigrette.

## Choosing it

Thin, firm, snapping when you bend them. They must snap.

## Preparing it

Snap or cut both ends. Wash them. The thick strings come away when you snap the end and pull.

## Cutting it for the dish

- Whole, boiled or steamed.
- In pieces, for a salad or a stir-fry.

## How long it takes

Five minutes for 500 g, it is the longest move on this list.

## Storing it

In the fridge, three to four days. Frozen, they are very good: straight into boiling water without thawing.

## Make it tonight

The page "How to boil and steam vegetables": green beans, seven minutes, then cold water.

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