Helen's Creamy Garlic String / Green Beans

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb fresh string beans or 1 lb frozen string bean, cut approx 1 inch
• water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 -3 medium potatoes, cubed
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• enough flour, to make a blond roux
• add salt

Recipe

• 1 in a pan put your string beans and potatoes.
• 2 pour enough water to go up about 1/2 way.
• 3 add salt.
• 4 cover.
• 5 and bring to a boil.
• 6 cook until potatoes and beans are tender.
• 7 drain water into a large measuring cup.
• 8 take a small iron skillet, melt butter, add enough flour to make a roux to thicken the beans with.
• 9 when the roux is a good golden color add the garlic and saute but do not brown the garlic.
• 10 add some of the bean/potato liquid to the roux and stir constently until you get the consistency of sauce you would like for your beans.
• 11 before you add the sauce, use your wooden spoon.
• 12 with the back of the spoon mash a few of the potatoes so they will blend with the sauce, but leave others whole.
• 13 mix everything together and cook just a few moments until the beans and potatoes have taken on a little of the flavor of the sauce.
• 14 taste to make sure there is enough salt.
• 15 if not this is the time to add it.
• 16 last but not least just before serving stir in 1 tblsp. sour cream.