Szechuan Green Beans

Szechuan Green Beans

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 27 mins
  • Servings: 6

    • About This Recipe

    “A fast and easy veggie dish.”

    Ingredients

  • 6clovesgarlic
  • 2slicesginger, peeled( 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices)
  • 4green onions, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1tablespoonolive oil
  • 1lbfresh green beans, trimmed and cut
  • 1/2 teaspoonred pepper flakes, crushed
  • 1tablespoonsoy 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.

    • Reviews

  • “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.”

  • “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”

  • “These are great! I used red onion because it’s what I had. Didn’t process in the food processor first – just chopped fine with a knife. I went a little light on the red pepper flakes and added about a teaspoon of brown sugar. I served these with Asian Grilled Pork Chops (#137142). Awesome.”

  • “I tweaked this quite a bit to suit what I had on hand, but it was a wonderful dish.I sauteed it rather than nuke it, used 3 cloves of garlic a touch more soy and about 1 tablespoon brown sugar.They were very good.Thanks!:)”

  • “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.”

  • “This is a good sicy variation on green beans.Be careful though not to add too much red pepper flakes or it will be on the spicy side.Still good though.”

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