How To Flavor Canned String Beans

Add fast flavor to canned string beans with salad dressing.

Canned string beans supply you with vitamins A and C, and they provide dietary fiber, but although string beans from a can are nutritious, some people may think canned string beans lack flavor. If you want to make canned string beans tasty, try preparing them with herbs, spices and other foods. Drain all the liquid from the can before adding any ingredients.

Instructions

1. Add garlic and onions to canned string beans. This tasty duo gives canned string beans poignant flavor. To make canned string beans with garlic and onions, cook one cup of diced onion and one teaspoon of chopped garlic in a nonstick pan for about two minutes, or until the onions and garlic are soft, then mix in a 15-ounce can of string beans and continue to cook for one more minute. For additional flavor, sauté the garlic and onions in 2 teaspoons of olive oil and add dried oregano.

2. Mix bell peppers and tomatoes with canned string beans. Add ½ cup of green bell pepper and ½ cup of red bell pepper to one 15-ounce can of string beans, along with two tablespoons of olive oil and four tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Stir all of these ingredients together well and chill for at least two hours. For more flavor add 1 chopped raw tomato.

3. Flavor canned string beans with other canned foods. Two that have been giving mouth-watering flavor to canned green beans for years is canned cream of mushroom soup and canned fried onions. These ingredients, and a little milk, make a delicious green bean casserole. Simply mix together two 15-ounce cans of string beans, one can of the condensed version of cream of mushroom soup and ¼-cup of whole milk and bake in a casserole dish in a 350 F oven for approximately 23 minutes. Spread a 2.8-ounce can of fried onions on top of the casserole about 18 minutes after putting the string bean dish in the oven, and then put the casserole back in the oven for the remaining 5 minutes.

4. Pour salad dressing on canned string beans. Adding salad dressing is a fast way to give canned green beans intense flavor. Salad dressings come in a variety of flavors that liven up the taste of canned string beans considerably. Use Italian, blue cheese, or ranch dressing, but don't limit yourself to these alone since there are so many salad dressings that pair well with canned string beans.

References

• United States Department of Agriculture: Canned Green Beans
• United States Department of Agriculture: A River of Recipes
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Green Bean Casserole