How To Make Green Bean Salad With Goat Cheese And Toasted Almonds

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 pounds green beans

  trimmed
• 1/2 cup almonds

  toasted and sliced
• 1/4 cup goat cheese

  crumbled
• 1 tsp olive oil

  extra virgin
• 2 large shallots

  sliced thin
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

  kosher
• 1/4  tsp fresh ground pepper
• 1/4 cup parsley

  fresh and chopped
• 1/4 cup basil

  fresh and chopped

Instructions

• 1 Begin by washing and trimming the ends of 1 pound of fresh green beans.
• 2 Next, in a large saucepan on medium, heat olive oil, shallots and red pepper
  flakes. Sautéed until the shallots are a translucent colour.
• 3 Toast 1/2 cup of sliced almonds in a dry skillet over medium heat until they are
  golden brown and fragrant. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• 4 Cut 4 ounces of goat cheese into small pieces and set aside.
• 5 Add green beans and stir in garlic powder, salt and black pepper until desired
  tenderness is reached, about 5 to 10 minutes. 
• 6 Transfer the green beans to a large mixing bowl. Toss the beans with goat cheese
  and sprinkle the toasted almonds over the salad. Serve immediately.

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