Green Beans in Sour Cream

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Rather nice beans! Can be made richer with the use of cream and butter, or calorie conscious with yoghurt! From Readers Digest : Quick And Thrifty Cooking In South Africa

by Karen Elizabeth·published 2009-11-28

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Vegetable

Servings

4 serving(s)

Total time

25 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

152 kcal

Ingredients (5)

serves

500 g green beansgreen-beans
30 g butter or 30 g margarinemargarine
2 tablespoons onions, finely choppedonion
1/2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup plain yogurt, at room temperatureyogurt
1 1/2 teaspoons paprikapaprika

Instructions (4 steps)

01Bring about 2 cm of lightly salted water to the boil in a medium-size saucepan. Add the trimmed beans and cook, covered, for 8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain in a colander.
02In the same saucepan, melt the butter and cook the onion over low heat for one minute.
03Return the beans to the saucepan, add the sour cream and paprika, and stir together. Heat the mixture gently. but do not let it boil or the sauce will curdle.
04Serve!

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