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Lemon Green Beans
by Amanda Buell
serves: 5
  'Buca' style. Delicious and almost sinful to do to green beans! You can cut down on the butter to make them better for you.
Ingredients:
  1 Lb   Fresh green beans
  1/4 C   Butter
  2   Lemons, juiced
    Salt to taste
Directions:
  Prepare the green beans by clipping off the stem end.

Melt the butter in a sauté pan on low heat. Squeeze the juice out of two medium-size lemons. Strain the pulp and the seeds out of the lemon juice. When butter is melted, carefully add the lemon juice to the pan. Raise the temperature to medium and reduce until the lemon juice and butter become a sauce. Do not brown the butter.

Place the clipped, fresh green beans in boiling water for two to three minutes. Do not overcook. The green beans should remain crisp. Strain the green beans and add to the sauce in the sauté pan. Toss the green beans in the sauce and season with salt to taste. Serve immediately