Buttery Green Beans With Glazed Pecans is an easy recipe of fresh green beans sautéed with red onion and garlic, simmered in white wine, tossed with buttery goodness and crowned with glazed pecans. It’s time to update your green bean casserole for Thanksgiving with this easy side dish recipe!
Sauteed Green Beans Recipe
The holiday season is here! Time to dress up the green beans!
Do you still make that classic green bean casserole every Thanksgiving and Christmas? Well it's time to update and elevate to our sauteed green beans recipe, Buttery Green Beans With Glazed Pecans!
Fresh green beans are sauteed to tender crispness and coated in a buttery wine goodness. Add in sauteed mild red onions and glazed pecans and you have yourself a fresh green beans recipe that has come into it's own.
Now we're talking holidays! Buttery Green Beans With Glazed Pecans are all dressed up and ready to party!
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Substitute white, yellow or sweet onion for the red onion
- Make with fresh marjoram
- Substitute chicken broth or vegetable broth for the white wine
- Can’t find glazed pecans? Just make with toasted pecans!
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- olive oil
- red onion
- garlic
- dried marjoram
- kosher salt
- pepper
- white wine
- green beans
- butter
- glazed pecans
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- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. dried marjoram
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/3 cup white wine OR chicken broth
- 2 lbs. green beans, trimmed
- 3 Tbs. butter
- 1/2 cup glazed pecans, such as Emerald brand*
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Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
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Cook red onion, garlic, marjoram, kosher salt and pepper until just beginning to soften, 2 minutes.
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Add wine and cook 1 minute.
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Stir in green beans and cook until tender crisp, stirring occasionally.
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Add butter and stir until butter is melted and green beans are evenly coated.
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Transfer to serving dish and top with glazed pecans.
*Already prepared glazed pecans by Emerald Brand can be found in the nuts section of your grocery store.
Makes 8 servings
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