Help me copycat these green beans!

Post date: 2021-04-15 02:33:29

A local restaurant makes these green beans that are really delicious. Please help me figure out how to replicate them.

The restaurant in question is a little storefront place that serves open-hearth roasted chicken, ribs and steaks, plus sides and Texas toast. One of the sides is green beans, which at most places are kind of meh but at this place they are surprisingly good. I'd like to be able to replicate something close to this at home.

The website menu offers no clues. They are simply listed as "green beans" (so not "steamed green beans" or anything like that.) There is absolutely no clue as to the preparation or ingredients.

The beans are very tender but not mushy, and they are a fresh green color. I'm guessing they start with fresh green beans rather than frozen.

There is a significant quantity of diced onion cooked in (yellow or white onion, not red.)

I don't see any herbs, and I don't detect any garlic.

I don't see any hint of meat, so no salt pork, bacon or ham.

I don't detect any butter. I refrigerated the leftovers in their container and I don't see any flecks of congealed butter or fat whatsoever. The beans themselves do not feel oily but if I run my finger around the inside of the container, there is a very slight oily residue.

They have a subtle flavor I can't put my finger on. The beans themselves taste salty. By which I mean, the flesh of the beans is permeated with a salty flavor. You can lick the outside of the bean and it's not particularly salty but when you chew it there is definitely salty flavor "cooked in" or something. Probably not soy sauce though.

I would not be surprised if chicken broth was involved, but I can't tell for sure. (Although that seems like the kind of thing they might mention on the menu for the sake of the occasional vegetarian customer.) The beans are served drained of any liquid or broth they might have been cooked in.

So... green beans that are very tender but not mushy, with diced onion. Subtle salty-savory flavor, not oily or buttery. How to achieve?

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