Fasoliyyeh Bi Z-Zayt (Syrian Green Beans with Olive Oil)

Ingredients

• 1 lbgreen beans, frozen
• 1/4 cupolive oil
• salt, to taste
• 1 clovegarlic, minced
• 1/4 cupcoriander, fresh, chopped

Method

1. 1

   Put the frozen green beans straight into a large pot — no need to thaw them — and drizzle the olive oil over. Season with salt.

2. 2

   Put the lid on and set the pot over medium-high heat. The ice on the beans melts and steams them in the oil, which is the whole method — you are not sautéing.

3. 3

   Cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally and keeping the lid on between stirs, until the beans are as soft as you like them. Cooked the Syrian way they go a brownish olive color rather than staying green.

4. 4

   Stir in the minced garlic and the chopped cilantro and cook for another minute or two, just until the coriander wilts.

5. 5

   Serve warm with pitta bread to scoop it up, either as a main or as part of a spread.