Recipe
First Steamed Green Beans from the Garden
These baby green beans were harvested, steamed and eaten a week ago.
Don't know how to steam vegetables? This is how Karen does it:
These baby green beans were harvested, steamed and eaten a week ago.
Don't know how to steam vegetables? This is how Karen does it:
- Insert steamer basket into pot and add water so the surface of the water is under the basket.
- Add cleaned vegetables to steamer basket.
- Put lid on pot.
- Heat on high until steam is coming out of the pot.
- Reduce heat so that steam is only slightly coming from pot.
- If you steam on HIGH, and don't reduce the heat, you will evaporate all the water and burn the pot. Been there, done that!
- Check vegetables for tenderness with a fork.
- Do not overcook or they will lose color and texture.
- Using lid to prevent the veggies from falling out, tip pan over sink to discard water. We keep this liquid for soups and to water our plants with.
- Dump pot with steamer basket and veggies into a large bowl.
- Do I need to say remove pot and steamer basket? I use a towel over my hands when doing this.
- Serve HOT and enjoy.
