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White plate filled with stir-fry green beans with a sauce pan in the background

Stir-Fry Green Beans

This Stir-Fry Green Bean recipe is one of the most simple, yet delicious, side dishes! So much flavor with so few ingredients!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon pure sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves garlic sliced
  • 1 pound frozen green beans thawed

Instructions
 

  • Mix the soy sauce, sesame oil, red pepper & ginger in a small bowl and set aside.    
  • Heat a heavy frying pan on high heat ~ It should feel very hot if you hold your hand above the pan. When the frying pan is hot, add the vegetable oil and let it heat until the oil is shimmering ~ about 15-30 seconds. Add the sliced garlic and stir-fry just long enough so that it becomes fragrant and seasons the oil, then remove. Be careful not to burn the garlic.       
  • Add the green beans and cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until the beans turn bright green and are just starting to cook. Pour in the sauce mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce just starts to coat the beans, about 1 minute more. (There will be some sauce in the bottom of the pan, but not much.)
  • Serve hot.

Notes

recipe inspired by: Kalyn's Kitchen
Keyword Vegetable
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