This Asian-style green beans recipe is a quick, easy side dish with few ingredients! The flavors are so incredible you may never eat green beans any other way! Try this Asian green beans recipe!
We love Asian food and green beans! One of our favorite Tha restaurants in town serves the best green beans, and after trying for months to figure out their secret, I finally figured out the simple ingredients for their famous Asian-style green beans recipe. I'm hooked!
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Green beans, although generally a side dish, are also fabulous as a main course served with rice, noodles, or mixed with other vegetables. It's easy to make green beans the star of the show if the flavors highlight this wonderful vegetable.
Green Beans Nutritional Facts
Green beans contain no cholesterol. Although your body needs some cholesterol for healthy cell growth, too much is bad for you. High cholesterol may lead to a build-up of fat deposits in your arteries. This can decrease blood flow to your heart and brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.
One cup of raw green beans has 2.7 g of fiber. Cooked green beans have 4.0 g of fiber, some soluble fiber. Soluble fiber may help lower LDL or bad cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. It may also support heart health by lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation.
Ways to Cook Green Beans
- Steamed: I steamed my green beans for 7 minutes in a vegetable steamer. Steaming is a simple way to cook vegetables, and it leaves the flavor and much of the nutrients intact. It's slightly healthier than boiling since fewer nutrients are in the water. Plus, steaming requires little time and attention.
- Blanching: Add the beans to the boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until tender but still bright green (taste a bean to assess doneness). French green beans or haricot verts take 3 to 4 minutes since they're thinner and more tender. If you're blanching to freeze beans, boil for 2 minutes.
- Skillet/Wok: Place green beans into a dry skillet or wok; add small amounts of vegetable broth if they stick. Cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Roasting: Preheat an oven to 425 degrees. Roast for 14 to 16 minutes, undisturbed, until they are crisp-tender with some golden, caramelized spots. (If using slender haricots verts, they may be ready a few minutes earlier.)
- Air Frying: Transfer the green beans to an air fryer basket. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you may need to work in batches as you want a single layer. Set the temperature to 375°F (190°C) and cook for 7 to 8 minutes, shaking the basket halfway through.
- Boiling: The perfect green bean should be a nice bright green (unless it's the yellow or purple variety) with no blemishes. They should be firm and snap when bent in half. A 3–5 minute boil time will cook the beans while retaining their crunch.
Asian Style Green Beans Ingredients
- Green Beans: Fresh, trimmed green beans are used for this recipe, or you can use frozen cooked green beans as well.
- Garlic Paste: Garlic paste is just pureed garlic cloves that you can keep in the fridge or freezer and use as needed.
- Ginger Paste: Ginger paste is exactly what it sounds like – blended ginger.
- Soy Sauce: I prefer the low-sodium version of soy sauce. For a gluten-free option, choose tamari or liquid aminos.
- Dried Onion: Dried onions start as whole, white onions that have been peeled, dehydrated, and chopped. During the drying process, they take on a toastier, richer flavor than fresh onions, making them the perfect choice for adding sweet onion flavor to any and all dishes.
- Lemon Juice: I prefer using fresh lemon juice for the best flavor.
Asian Style Green Beans Ingredient Substitutions
- Although this is a green bean recipe, this sauce mixture is fabulous on Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, asparagus, or any vegetable you enjoy!
- If you do not have fresh garlic paste on hand and are in a pinch, you can easily substitute fresh or minced garlic. If you need a substitute, each teaspoon of garlic paste can be replaced with 1 large clove or 1 teaspoon of minced garlic.
- Substitute freshly minced or grated ginger root at a 1:1 ratio. If substituting with ground ginger, use ¼ teaspoon ginger powder for every 1 teaspoon of ginger paste.
- Instead of soy sauce, try liquid aminos or tamari as a possible substitute.
- Similarly, if the recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of dried onion and you don't have it, you can use 1 teaspoon onion powder or about ⅓ cup of fresh chopped onion.
- Use bottled lemon juice when fresh lemon juice isn't available,
How to Make Asian Style Green Beans Recipe
- First, trim the green beans by snapping off the ends of the green beans. You break them in half or leave them whole.
- Then, choose a cooking method. I decided to steam my green beans in a vegetable steamer.
- Once cooked, place your cooked green beans into a container or bowl with a top.
- Add garlic and ginger paste, lemon juice, soy sauce, and dried onions.
- Put the tip on the bowl or container and shake vigorously to coat the green beans with the ingredients.
- Remove the top and transfer the beans into a bowl for serving as a side dish, or add to noodles or brown rice for an entree.
Recipe FAQs
The most common reason your beans are rubbery is that they are undercooked. If you don't cook the bean long enough, it will be a bendy mess rather than having a nice crisp bite.
Green beans should be tender but crisp without squeaking between your teeth when you chew them.
It takes 4-7 minutes, depending on your cooking method chosen.
Tips
- To choose fresh green beans, make sure they snap. Bend the pod and wait until you hear that all-too-familiar snapping sound. When the beans are ripe, they should snap quickly and easily. You don't have to snap every bean, but testing one in every batch is a surefire way to ensure the ones you pick will be delicious!
- Older green beans that feel limp and have started to develop a slimy texture are no longer safe to eat. They are too bad to eat if you see any fuzzy mold on them.
- Store unwashed fresh bean pods in a plastic bag in the refrigerator crisper. Whole beans stored this way should be kept for about seven days.
- Cooked beans last about 3 to 5 days in the fridge.
- To store them, let the beans cool down after cooking, then pop them in the refrigerator within an hour.
- Getting them stored quickly and chilled in the fridge will help prevent the growth of bacteria.
- You can make your green beans in advance and reheat them to eat, or reheat any leftovers by placing them in the oven (on a baking sheet) at 350 until heated. Because they are already cooked, it won't take very long (maybe 5-10 minutes) and can be done on a rack beneath another dish.
- If you love green beans, try Green Bean Salad!
Try this Asian-style green beans recipe, and you will be addicted forever!
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📖 Recipe
Asian Style Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound green beans triimmed
- 1 Tablespoon garlic paste
- 1 Tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 lemon juiced
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon dried onion granules
Instructions
- Trim the ends of the green beans.
- Steam the green beans in a vegetable steamer for 5-7 minutes, or choose a similar cooking method provided.
- Transfer the cooked green beans into a bowl or container with top.
- Add the other ingredients.
- Secure the top on the bowl or container.
- Shake the ingredients to coat the green beans.
- Serve as a side dish or entree.
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Notes
- To choose fresh green beans, make sure they snap. Bend the pod and wait until you hear that all-too-familiar snapping sound. When the beans are ripe, they should snap quickly and easily. You don't have to snap every bean, but testing one in every batch is a surefire way to ensure the ones you pick will be delicious!
- Older green beans that feel limp and have started to develop a slimy texture are no longer safe to eat. They are too bad to eat if you see any fuzzy mold on them.
- Store unwashed fresh bean pods in a plastic bag in the refrigerator crisper. Whole beans stored this way should be kept for about seven days.
- Cooked beans last about 3 to 5 days in the fridge.
- To store them, let the beans cool down after cooking, then pop them in the refrigerator within an hour.
- Getting them stored quickly and chilled in the fridge will help prevent the growth of bacteria.
- You can make your green beans in advance and reheat them to eat, or reheat any leftovers by placing them in the oven (on a baking sheet) at 350 until heated. Because they are already cooked, it won't take very long (maybe 5-10 minutes) and can be done on a rack beneath another dish.
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Hi! My name is Kathy, I am a retired high school English teacher & vegan enthusiast and blogger. My entire blog is fully plant-based vegan. I truly believe what we eat & how we live determines our health & the preservation of our planet! 🙂
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