Hot Szechuan-Style Green Beans
photo by Candice E.
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 lb green beans
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sugar or 2 teaspoons Splenda sugar substitute
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon hot chili flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
directions
- Rinse and drain green beans;trim off and discard stem ends.
- Cut green beans into 2- to 3-inch lengths.
- In a small bowl, mix soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, chili flakes, and white pepper.
- Set a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over high heat.
- When pan is hot, add green beans and 1/4 cup water.
- Cover and cook, stirring once, until beans are bright green and slightly crunchy to bite, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Uncover and cook until any remaining water has evaporated.
- Add oil, garlic, and ginger to pan stir until green beans and garlic are slightly browned, 1to 2 minutes.
- Stir soy mixture and add to pan; bring to a boil and stir until most of the liquid has evaporated and the sauce thickens and coats the beans, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour into serving dish.
- Serve hot or cold.
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Reviews
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Very good. Second time I made it I cut back the sugar to 1/2 tsp. which was about perfect. The sugar called for in the original recipe was a little too much for my taste. Didn't have the ginger so used 5 spice instead which worked well. Also added about 4 oz. of ground pork because I had it on hand. Altogether excellent and very flexible recipe.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Barb G.
Sonora, California