Great Wall Green Beans

Submitted by ChefLee

"I love those oriental green beans at Chinese restaurants and I invented these so I could eat them at home without ordering take-out! Hope you like them!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1 lb fresh green beans
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed and easy chopped
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey (pref. raw-thick type)
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄8 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sesame seeds

directions

1. Wash and cut ends off your beans and place them in a large skillet with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then boil beans for 5 minutes.
2. After boiling, pour beans into a collander and dump the water.
3. In a small bowl; mix together rice vinegar, honey, Lawry's, cornstarch, soy sauce, pepper, red pepper flakes, toasted sesame oil, ginger, and cinnamon.
4. Heat the canola oil on med-high in your skillet and add the garlic. Saute garlic for 1 minute then add back your beans and the marinade. Stir fast.
5. Saute beans on med heat for 8 minutes, stirring often.
6. Remove skillet from burner and let beans continue to sizzle just from the heat of the pan.
7. When sizzling stops, sprinkle sesame seeds on top and serve.

Reviews

[swissms]

Very flavorful green beans. I did not have ground ginger so substituted some fresh ginger. Otherwise made as written. The red pepper flakes provide a nice heat. If you are sensitive to spices (like my husband), you may want to reduce the red pepper flakes to 1/4 teaspoon. Thank you for the recipe! We will be enjoying this again soon.

 

[BonnieZ]

I too found this recipe to be a little to the sweet side, but it is easily adaptable to balancing the salty/sweet/hot to suit your tastes. Thank you Chef*Lee for shring the recipe.

 

[Dr. Jenny]

DH and I served these beans as a side to Recipe #283675. They were very complimentary to the dish. DH wished they were a little less sweet, though the recipe lends itself to easy modification to suit one's tastes. The recipe involves little prep and comes together quite quickly, which is always a plus. Thanks, Chef Lee!

 

[Kendra Jeans Kitchen]

This is soooo good. I always eat lots of these at the restaurant because they are so refreshing. Thank you for posting, we really enjoyed your recipe .