Green Beans With Mushrooms

These are not your standard green beans and mushrooms.  The ingredients are humble but together they pack a powerful punch that will blow your taste buds away.

Green Beans With Mushrooms

Ingredients

1 lb green beans or haricot vert

12 cremini mushrooms, sliced thin or to desired thickness 

1-2 shallots, diced fine

2 cloves garlic, crushed

3 TBSP butter

a couple dashes red wine vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

1.  Boil a pot of water.  Add dash of salt and green beans.  Cook for 7-10 minutes.

2.  Sauté mushrooms in a skillet with 2 TBSP butter for about 5-8 minutes.  Remove and set aside in a bowl.  

3.  Fill a large bowl with ice and water.  Strain green beans and shock them in the ice water.

4.  Add 1 TBSP butter to skillet.  Add shallots and garlic.  Cook for about 1-2 minutes or until they become aromatic.  Add green beans to skillet and toss.  Add mushrooms.  Add a couple dashes of red wine vinegar (you don't want the red wine vinegar to take over so you really only want 2-4 dashes and no more).  Salt and pepper to taste.  Let cook 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.  You still want the green beens to have a bit of crunch to them.

**For a little extra flavor, crisp up some bacon and chop it and toss in with the green beens and mushrooms.

Yields about 5-6 servings