Quick-Fried Green Beans In Onion And Garlic Sauce
Updated Jan. 31, 2023
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1tablespoon soy sauce
- 1teaspoon sugar
- 1tablespoon pale, dry Sherry or dry white wine
- 1small cube chicken bouillon
- â…”cup chicken broth
- 1pound green beans
- 1tablespoon oil, like peanut or canola
- 2tablespoons butter
- 4 to 6cloves garlic, minced
- 2scallions, chopped
Preparation
- Step 1
Mix soy sauce, sugar and Sherry and set aside.
- Step 2
In a large saucepan, dissolve bouillon in the chicken broth over high heat. Add the beans, and simmer until nearly all liquid has evaporated, about 5 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly. Drain the beans and set aside.
- Step 3
In a wok or skillet, heat the oil and butter. Add garlic and scallions and stir-fry for about 30 seconds, or until just softened. Add the beans and toss until coated. Sprinkle soy-sugar-Sherry mix over beans and stir-fry for 1 minute. Serve hot.
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Used 10 inch frying pan for whole recipe as written - after steaming, remove beans to serving dish while you sauté garlic and scallions in butter/oil. Then one minute hard saute of beans in soy mixture heats it all up for serving. Super for make ahead fresh veg dish. Delish!
This recipe has been a family favorite for years
Recipe ended up overcooking the beans, and the end result was a pleasant, but unremarkable flavor. Blanching the beans in salted water would be fine. Next time, I would stir-fry the garlic with 1-2 dried red chilies and about 1/2 tsp grated ginger before adding the beans (or a spoonful of chopped Tianjin preserved vegetables for an extra funky-sour flavor). After adding the soy-sugar-wine mixture, it may need additional salt to taste. Add the scallions raw as garnish at the end.