Green beans with chilies

This is a classic Asian combination of ginger, garlic, soy sauce, oyster sauce and chilies. It’s hard to go wrong when all these terrific flavors are thrown together and tossed with a simple vegetable like green beans. These green beans with chilies and oyster sauce have enough flavor to be served on their own with a bowl of rice. Or you can serve them as a side to a lightly seasoned piece of meat or fish. You’ll never serve plain green beans again after trying this easy Chinese recipe! 

Sauteed green beans with chilies

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• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 15 minutes
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: Side
• Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

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• 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon ginger (peeled and finely chopped)
• 1 pound green beans (rinsed)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon dried red chilies (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of salted water to boil (not as salty as the sea, but enough that you can taste it).
2. Meanwhile, rinse and cut the ends of each green bean.
3. When water is boiling, blanch the green beans for 3 minutes. Drain.
4. In a medium size pan, add the vegetable oil, garlic, ginger and dried chilies. Cook for a minute and add green beans.
5. Toss and cook for another minute, then add soy sauce and oyster sauce.
6. Toss well, add sesame oil and turn the heat off. Serve.

Nutrition

• Calories: 109
• Saturated Fat: 1

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