Chinese Green Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Wash the green beans and pat dry with paper towel. Cut ends on the diagonal leaving beans long.
• Combine the sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Warm a wok over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons peanut oil. Drizzle oil down the sides of the wok.
• Once the oil is heated, add the green beans. Stir-fry for about 10 minutes, or until the skins pucker and turn brown and the green beans are tender (NOT mushy). Remove the beans from the wok.
• Over medium-high heat, heat 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Once the oil is hot, add the chopped garlic, ginger and scallions. Stir-fry briefly for a few seconds until aromatic. Add the chili paste or dried chili peppers.
• Add the sauce and the green beans to the wok. Toss and serve hot.

Steps:

• Combine green beans and water in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, and sesame oil; cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Pour over beans and cook until sauce thickens enough to coat beans, 3 to 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large pan or wok, heat the oil over high. Fry the string beans until they start blistering. Remove the string beans.
• In the same pan or wok, add the garlic, ginger, and scallions. Fry until fragrant.
• Add the mushrooms and ground pork. Fry until the pork is mostly done. Stir in the the dried red chilies and chili paste.
• Add the string beans back the pan/wok. Toss to combine everything. Add the soy sauce, rice wine, and a dash of white pepper. Serve!
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large wok, heat oil over medium-high heat. Stir in green beans; cook, stirring frequently, for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and ginger; cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, and then stir in black bean sauce. Continue cooking until green beans are tender.

Steps:

• Heat peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Stir in the garlic, and cook until the edges begin to brown, about 20 seconds.
• Add the green beans; cook and stir until the green beans begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the sugar, oyster sauce, and soy sauce.
• Continue cooking and stirring for several minutes until the beans have attained the desired degree of tenderness.

Steps:

• Wash beans, trim ends and remove strings.
• Arrange beans in a vegetable steamer (or a colander that will sit nicely in saucepan), and place over boiling water.
• Cover and steam 5 minutes.
• Drain and plunge into cold water, drain again.
• Coat a large nonstick skillet (or wok) with cooking spray or peanut oil and heat until hot.
• Add gingerroot and garlic and saute 30 secs.
• Add beans, saute 5 minutes.
• Combine 2 tablespoons water and remaining 5 ingredients.
• Stir well.
• Add to beans, cook 30 seconds or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly.

Steps:

• Heat peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until the edges begin to brown, about 20 seconds. Add the green beans; cook and stir until the green beans begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar, oyster sauce, and soy sauce. Continue cooking and stirring for several minutes until the beans have attained the desired degree of tenderness.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, using the bottom of a glass or jar, crush the peppercorns into a coarse pulp. Stir in the cilantro.
• Heat oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in beans, garlic, brown sugar, chile pepper, peppercorns and cilantro. Stir-fry for 45 seconds. Pour in the water and cover to steam for about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Rinse green beans and trim ends off. Leave beans in long lengths.
• Blanche beans for 4 minutes in hot water. Immediately immerse into bowl of ice water to stop cooking and retain bright color. Remove and pat dry.
• In a small bowl, mix all remaining ingredients except butter. Place beans in a saucepan with butter. Add mixture and sautee green beans for 2 minutes. Shake pan to gently let beans roll.
• Serve immediately and enjoy!

Steps:

• Wash and string green beans; dry.
• Melt butter in a sauté pan; add the lemon juice and garlic.
• Add the green beans and salt and pepper. Cook over medium-low heat until almost tender.
• You can cover if desired, but don't cook until mushy unless you like your green beans that way.
• Remove from pan and serve.
• Note: You can substitute fresh asparagus for the beans.
• Very good.