Italian-Style Green Beans

A delicious Italian-style green bean dish that you make using your home-canned goods.

(To be clear, this is a “cooking with canning you have already done” recipe. This is not a recipe for canning.)

This recipe uses:

Home-canned green beans

Home-canned mushrooms

Minnesota Mix

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Italian-Style Green Beans

A delicious Italian-style green bean dish that you make using your home-canned green beans.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Beans

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Yield 4 cups (1 kg)

Calories 201 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 litre jar home-canned green beans (1 quart)
• 1 250 ml jar home-canned mushrooms (½ pint)
• 1 half-litre jar Minnesota Mix (1 pint)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Drain the beans and mushrooms.
2. Put drained veg in a large, wide skillet.
3. Add jar of Minnesota mix.
4. [Optional] Season to taste with garlic powder and a dried herb such as oregano.
5. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer and let simmer uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes until most of the moisture is driven off.

6. [Optional] Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and grated Parmesan.

7. Serve hot.

You’ll want to simmer this uncovered for about 10 to 15 minutes to thicken the tomato juice.

Nutrition

Per 1 cup (250 g / 8 oz)

• 201 calories, 43 mg sodium

* Nutrition info provided by https://caloriecount.about.com