Green Beans With Lime and Red Onions

🥘 Ingredients

• green beans 1 pound
• water 3 tablespoons
• extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons
• garlic cloves 4 cloves
• ground coriander 1 ¼ teaspoons
• fine sea salt ½ teaspoon
• crushed red pepper 1 pinch
• lime 1
• red onion ½
• chopped cilantro ½ cup

1. 1

   Combine green beans (stem ends trimmed) and water in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring and shaking the pan, until the beans are bright green and the water has evaporated from the skillet, 3 to 6 minutes .
2. 2

   Raise the heat to high and add the extra-virgin olive oil (more for drizzling), garlic cloves (thinly sliced), ground coriander , fine sea salt (more to taste), and crushed red pepper . Cook for 1 to 2 minutes , or until the green beans are just cooked through but still crisp-tender.
3. 3

   Stir in the lime (finely grated zest and juice of 1/2 lime). Taste for seasoning and add more salt or lime juice, as needed.
4. 4

   Slide the green beans onto a platter and top with red onion (thinly sliced) and chopped cilantro (or parsley or mint). Drizzle with more olive oil. Serve hot or at room temperature.