Apple Cider Green Beans with Thyme

This green bean side dish is both sweet and savory and works great with roasted poultry. It’s easily made with chicken broth, onion, dried thyme and apple cider.

For more delicious holiday side dish recipes, check out these Maple Tarragon Roasted Turnips with Bacon and these Nutmeg Sweet Potato Stacks.

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Ingredients:

A few ingredient notes:

• If apple cider is not available, you can substitute a good-quality apple juice.
• You can use French-cut (thinly sliced) green beans or whole green beans for this recipe. (Whole green beans will take a little longer to steam).

How to make it:

Steam the beans:

Step 1. Add water to a pot and bring to a boil. Transfer 8 ounces frozen green beans into a steamer basket, set over the boiling water and steam until the beans are tender (8 to 10 minutes).

Saute diced onion:

Step 2. While the beans are steaming, melt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter in a saucepan, then add ¼ cup diced white or yellow onion and saute until translucent (a few minutes).

Add liquid and reduce:

Step 3. Pour in ¾ cup chicken broth and ¼ cup apple cider. Cook on high heat until the sauce is reduced to a syrupy consistency (10 to 12 minutes).

Add seasonings:

Step 4. Stir in 1 ½ teaspoons dried thyme and season to taste with salt, then toss the beans with the sauce.

How to serve it:

This dish goes very well with roasted poultry and makes a great side for a Thanksgiving dinner.

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