Szechuan Green Beans
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 6 cloves garlic
- 2 slices ginger, peeled (1/4 to 1/2 inch slices)
- 4 green onions, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb fresh green beans, trimmed and cut
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, crushed
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
directions
- Finely chop garlic in a food processor.
- Add ginger, green onions and oil, process until finely chopped.
- Transfer to a 1 1/2 quart microproof bowl.
- Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
- Add green beans, pepper flakes and soy.
- Toss well, cover, microwave on high 9-10 minutes , stirring 3 times.
- Serve.
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Reviews
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I don't buy fresh green beans that often, but saw some really nice ones at the market. This was a great way to prepare them. I love that they got that nice shrivelled look that they are supposed to have without the usual work it takes to get them that way. I chopped/grated the onion, garlic and ginger by hand and that worked perfectly well. Nice to be able to do this in the micro while using the stove for other things.
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Tebo this is a super recipe with just the right amount of kick! I don't microwave so adapted the recipe to do in a skillet - I steamed the beans for 5 minutes, sprayed the skillet with "No Oil" added the garlic & ginger sauteed for 1 minute added the beans -medium heat- stir fried them added the green onions, pepper flakes & soy - Heated through = delicious Thanks for posting
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Good recipe, although I needed to sprinkle some water over the beans before and while they were cooking in the microwave, and they still shrivelled up a bit. I omitted the garlic, and increased the amount of pepper, and it was still rather mild. Definitely a fast and easy dish, and I'll probably make it again after some tweaking.
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