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Smashed Green Beans With Lemony Sumac Dressing

Smashed Green Beans With Lemony Sumac Dressing recipe
Photograph by Laura Murray, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Sophie Strangio

Blanch, smash, and marinate the green beans in advance so they have time to soak in the bright lemon and sumac dressing. “If you can’t do it ahead, it’s not worth doing,” says Sohla El-Waylly. This recipe is part of Sohla’s Thanksgiving-for-two-or-maybe-eight feast, see the full menu here.

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