Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Serves 4.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 pound haricots verts (thin french green beans) or regular green beans
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves (wash and dry before chopping)
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste

    DIRECTIONS

    Trim regular green beans if using and in a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook beans until crisp-tender (2 minutes for haricots verts or 3 to 4 minutes for regular green beans) and drain in a colander.


    In a bowl toss beans with lemon juice, parsley, lemon zest, and pepper and season with salt.