Spanish Green Beans with Garlic and Paprika
Serve these Spanish Green Beans with Garlic and Paprika as a side dish or tapas appetizer. They´re loaded with flavor, easy to make and done in 20 minutes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 lbs fresh green beans (250 grams)
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- pinch sea salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- 1
Rinse 1/2 lbs (250g) of fresh green beans under cold running water, shake off any of the excess water and cut off 1/2 inch from each end of each green bean, also thinly slice 5 cloves of garlic
- 2
Heat a fry pan with a medium heat and add a 1/4 cup of cold water, once the water comes to a light boil add the green beans into the pan and place a lid on top
- 3
Three minutes after adding the lid remove it, there should be almost no water left in the pan, drizzle in a generous tbsp of extra virgin olive oil and the thinly sliced garlics, mix everything together, continue to mix so the garlics can lightly cook, you don´t want to brown the garlics, just make them fragrant
- 4
After 2 minutes turn off the heat, add in 1 tsp of sweet smoked paprika and season everything with sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper, mix together until well combined, very important to turn off the heat so the paprika does not get a bitter flavor
- 5
Transfer the green beans into a serving dish, making sure to grab all the garlics in the pan and garnish with lemon wedges, enjoy!