These beans must have come from Jack’s beanstalk.
So, we were visiting Chicago and our newest grandson a few months ago. I have mentioned before what wonderful restaurants there are in the city. We have been trying to get reservations at The Girl and the Goat for almost a year now. Every time we are there, I call only to find out that there are no tables available.
The Girl and the Goat is owned by Stephanie Izard, Top Chef winner of Fourth Season. She now has her own restaurant. To make a long story short when I was googling around, I found everyone mentioning her Magic Beans that are served in the restaurant. Lo and behold there’s a recipe staring me in the face from Rosie O’Donnell’s show and there is Stephanie, in person, looking at me and asking me personally to come to her restaurant; and I’m thinking “if you want me there, why can I never get a table”. Well, it wasn’t quite like that but she was making the recipe for her magic green beans with an aioli drizzled over the top.
So what am I to do but rush out to the nearest store, get all the ingredients and make them for dinner to go with our steel-head trout — I did and they were just as wonderful as everyone said. I don’t think my green beans were as fresh as they could have been and the next time I would use haricot vert (tiny French green beans) or at least make sure my green beans were as fresh as they could possibly be.