Slow-cooked charred green beans from Ottolenghi Flavour / Flavor (page 49) by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage and Tara Wigley

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Accompaniments: Cauliflower roasted in chilli butter

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    Can substitute chicken stock for vegetable stock.

  • Katie on November 28, 2025

    So flavorful. Makes WAY more servings than it says it does (2.5lb green beans is more like 8-10 servings than 4). Also I might try grilling the beans — it did a bit of a number on my pan.

  • Ganga108 on January 01, 2022

    To be honest, I was nervous about this dish, with 1kg of beans for 4 people. I shouldn't have been. It is Ottolenghi, after all. Charring beans is a trick I learned a year or two ago and do it often with asparagus and broccolini. I hit them with lemon juice and salt as they are cooking, and they become the Amazing Trio of chargrilled veg. So when I'd over-ordered green beans for Xmas dinner (which was then cancelled due to COVID) I decided to dive into the recipe courageously. Such a delightful dish, garlicky and lemony. It was a hit! In the herbal topping I used home preserved (hone grown) cumquats instead of preserved lemon, which added a beautiful hit of colour.

  • Poppyseedbagel on August 14, 2021

    This was surprisingly delicious. The charring instructions were a bit odd, but we followed them and the beans charred in a satisfactory way. The whole dish was delicious and went very well with the hassleback beetroots on the following page. It needed quite a lot of salt.

  • Jane on November 30, 2020

    I’m not sure I’ll repeat this. I made it just with green beans as that’s all I had. It takes quite a while to make, over an hour. The result is pleasant but not exceptional. The herbs and lemon (preserved and fresh) add a good contrast to the charred beans. I do find it odd when a recipe for 4 has one whole chile in it. Are you meant to quarter the chile before serving so everyone gets some?

  • dzant on November 27, 2020

    Made for Thanksgiving. AMAZING!

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