Sweet Garlic Green Beans

My in-laws recently gave us a bottle of roasted butternut squash seed oil and I wanted to try it out so I concocted this lovely recipe.  The oil worked nicely with the sweetness of the brown sugar and the splash of wine added a nice depth to it as well.  Now, color me impressed if you happen to have a butternut squash seed oil laying around in your pantry but if you don't, you can use any sort of fun/different kind of oil or just plain old olive oil should do the trick as well.

Sweet Garlic Green Beans

Number of Servings: 6
Time to Prepare: 20 minutes

• 1 pound fresh or frozen green beans
• 2 Tbsp oil (see explanation above about kinds of oil to use)
• 4-5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-2 Tbsp white wine
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• kosher salt
• pepper

If using frozen green beans, put them in a colander and rinse under cool water to thaw.  Drain well.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add garlic and saute until it just begins to brown.  Add white wine and scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the pan.  Stir in brown sugar.  Add green beans and stir to coat.  Season with salt and pepper.  Cook until the beans have been glazed and the liquid is gone (about 10 minutes).  Serve warm.

Source: my own little head
Produce Used: Green beans, garlic