Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Ingredients
Fried Breadcrumbs
- 60 g / ½ cup almonds
- 40 g / ¾ cup coarse breadcrumbs
- 40 ml / 2½ tbsp olive oil, divided
- 2 tsp thyme leaves (about 3 sprigs)
- 1 large garlic clove, grated (or ½ tsp garlic powder)
- ½ tsp flaky salt, more to taste
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ½ tsp mild chilly flakes (optional)
- Zest of 1 small lemon
Green Beans
- 450 g / 15.8 oz runner beans
- 2 tbsp capers, drained and roughly chopped
- 15 ml / 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 15 ml / 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 7 ml / ½ tbsp maple syrup
Cooking Instructions
Fried Breadcrumbs
- Chop almonds diagonally and place in a dry skillet (cast iron skillet works great) and toast on low heat until fragrant and charred in places.
- Add half a tablespoon of olive oil, coat the almonds with the oil and season with a few pinches of salt per taste. Remove the mixture from the skillet and set aside.
- Wipe the skillet with a paper towel. Now add 2 tbsp (30 ml) of olive oil to the pan.
- Once the oil has warmed up, add breadcrumbs, crushed garlic and salt.
- Fry the breadcrumb mixture on low heat until golden while stirring the whole time.
- Add in nutritional yeast, chilly flakes (smoked paprika), lemon zest, thyme leaves, and fried almonds. Mix everything well and switch off the heat. Set aside until ready to serve. Ensure that it doesn’t catch moisture to rip it off the crispiness.
Green Beans
- Tail the beans and cut them into 1 cm / 0.4 inch pieces diagonally.
- Place half of the beans in a large steamer over a pot of simmering water. Steam for about 6-7 minutes from the moment the water starts simmering. They must be tender sans rawness but with a bit of a bite left.
- Remove the beans from the steamer and steam the other half of the beans for 6-7 minutes. Remove from the steamer and set aside.
- Mix olive oil, lemon juice and maple syrup in a small bowl. Season to taste. Pour over the beans just before serving, then top with chopped capers and fried breadcrumb mixture.
Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 119 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Sugars: 1 g
- Fats: 9 g
- Proteins: 3 g
