How to Use haricot vert in a Sentence

haricot vert

noun
  • Snap peas can be swapped out for green beans or haricots verts, or snow peas.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In the green beans, thin haricot verts are just warmed through, still crunchy enough to require a knife.
    — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Blue cheese and buttermilk bound the fresh favas, wax beans and haricot verts.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The firm flesh works nicely against the crisp snap of the haricots verts and the silky-smoothness of the corn pudding.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • Add some of the Sherry vinaigrette to the haricots verts, plus salt and pepper to taste.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Add the haricots verts to the boiling water and cook for 45 seconds.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 21 May 2019
  • New potatoes soak in the dressing along with slender green beans (haricots verts), radishes, and chives.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Crab cakes paired with sweet corn maque choux, haricots verts, mashed potatoes, and remoulade are also a must-order.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Rinse the haricots verts, trim the ends, and put them in a steamer basket over simmering water.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Feel free to use skinless, boneless chicken thighs instead of breasts, or common green beans instead of haricots verts.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
  • For a long, lazy lunch menu serve this pasta alongside sea bream crudo, tomatoes and haricots verts, grilled turbot, and tiramisù with cookies.
    — Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2018
  • Bring to a simmer and add Cajun seasoning and haricot vert, heating through.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 23 May 2018
  • Swapping thick green beans for thinner haricots verts, which often come trimmed, results in beans that are tender but not floppy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Cook until haricots verts are warm and liquid is slightly reduced, 1 to 2 minutes.
    — Bill Borman, Country Living, 14 July 2023
  • Toss haricots verts, both kinds of tomatoes, anchovies, celery leaves, and vinegar in a large bowl; season lightly with kosher salt.
    — Ignacio Mattos, Bon Appetit, 23 Apr. 2018
  • For a long, lazy lunch menu serve this fish alongside sea bream crudo, tomatoes and haricots verts, handmade malfatti, and tiramisù with cookies.
    — Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2018
  • Good ones to try include haricot vert, Blue Lake, Hidatsa red, or dragon tongue.
    — Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 8 May 2022
  • His steak bavette is paired with potato purée instead of frites (no space for a fryer), while pungent garlic aioli lends maximum effect to a nest of haricots verts.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
  • French cut green beans are haricots verts sliced horizontally, producing thinner strands of beans, if not the bodies of people who eat them by the pound.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Add okra, haricots verts, onion, and corn; cook, undisturbed, until vegetables begin to blister, about 4 minutes.
    — Julia Levy, Health.com, 16 July 2019
  • For a speedy dinner chock-full of slender haricot verts, make this Gochujang Chicken Stir-Fry.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
  • As for salad offerings, there's a niçoise salad with tuna and dijon vinaigrette, warm shrimp salad and haricots verts salad (or, dressed up green beans).
    — Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Tabbouleh salad with haricot verts, frisée, tomato, feta, cucumber, peppers, red onion and lemon honey vinaigrette.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Breakfast favorites, prime rib, lamb, chicken thighs, eggplant Parmesan, tortellini, salmon, seafood fra diavolo, haricot vert and desserts.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Thanksgiving dinner will feature roasted organic turkey, haricot vert and porcini mushroom casserole and a signature beef shank adobo.
    — Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Buffet includes salad, steak, potatoes, haricots verts, eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, bread pudding, fruit, cheese and cured meats, turkey sausage, biscuits and sausage gravy.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2018
  • Romano beans are an Italian flat bean in the same family as garden variety string beans, which also counts fancy French haricots verts and yellow wax beans as siblings.
    — Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit, 29 May 2018
  • The vegetable garden is also vast, with plenty of fresh asparagus, Sun Gold tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, peppers, fennel, and haricots verts.
    — Kate Betts, ELLE Decor, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Stir vegetables; continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until okra and haricots verts are crisp-tender and blistered all over, 6 to 8 minutes longer.
    — Julia Levy, Health.com, 16 July 2019
  • Tree restaurant's chef uses fresh, local ingredients, including those from the resort's farm-to-table garden, to flavor dishes such as marinated lamb loin with mushroom risotto, haricots verts, and balsamic reduction.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017

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